# MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC

Summary updated: 2026-09-28T11:23:39.54011Z
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## Overview

Microchip Technology Inc. is a Chandler, Arizona-based semiconductor company that develops, manufactures and sells embedded-control products. Its portfolio includes microcontrollers, microprocessors, analog and mixed-signal devices, FPGAs, connectivity and memory products, along with development tools. The company also licenses technology. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122606478)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P117753925)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P42301983)

Microchip states that its mission is to provide high-value total-system solutions—devices, software and services—and continually improve its business. It serves customers globally; sales to customers outside the United States accounted for approximately 75% of fiscal 2026 net sales. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, Microchip reported $4.71 billion in net sales and a workforce of approximately 17,900 people. [4](https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aemDocuments/documents/financial/investordocuments/mission-statement/Mission-Vision-and-Guiding-Values.pdf)[5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122606488)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122606346)[7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122605442)
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## Products & services

Microchip Technology’s embedded-control products include PIC and AVR 8-bit microcontrollers, PIC32 and SAM 32-bit microcontrollers, dsPIC digital signal controllers, and embedded microprocessors. Microcontrollers combine processing, memory and input/output peripherals on a chip; selected PIC devices add configurable peripherals, while dsPIC devices combine microcontroller functions with digital signal processing for applications such as motor control and digital power. The SAM D family, for example, uses an Arm Cortex-M0+ core and includes devices with 8–256 KB of flash memory. [8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P23454441)[9](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microcontrollers/8-bit-mcus/pic-mcus)[10](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microcontrollers-and-microprocessors/dspic-dscs)[11](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microcontrollers-and-microprocessors/32-bit-mcus/sam-32-bit-mcus/sam-d)

Its programmable-logic products include PolarFire FPGAs and PolarFire SoC FPGAs, the latter combining FPGA fabric with a RISC-V processor cluster. The supporting semiconductor portfolio spans analog and mixed-signal devices, power management, clock and timing components, EEPROM and Flash memory, and security ICs for cryptographic processing and key storage. Connectivity products include Ethernet PHYs and switches, USB components, CAN controllers and transceivers, and wireless modules and devices. [12](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/fpgas-and-plds/system-on-chip-fpgas/polarfire-soc-fpgas)[13](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/analog)[14](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/memory)[15](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/security/security-ics)[16](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products)

Microchip also supplies MPLAB X development software, programming and debugging tools, technical design support, and engineering and manufacturing services. In fiscal 2025, mixed-signal microcontrollers accounted for 51.1% of net sales, analog products for 26.3%, and a combined “other” category for 22.6%. That last category includes FPGAs, memory, timing systems, intellectual-property and royalty revenue, and certain engineering and subcontracting services; it is not an FPGA-only measure. [17](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/development-tool/MPLAB-X-IDE)[18](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/support)[19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T3054502)[20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P28767874)
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## Geographic presence

Microchip Technology is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, and has a geographically dispersed manufacturing and engineering footprint. Its U.S. wafer-fabrication sites are in Gresham, Oregon, and Colorado Springs, Colorado; assembly and test operations are located in Calamba, Philippines, and Chacherngsao, Thailand. The company also lists research, design, manufacturing or support facilities in India, France, Germany, Ireland, China and Taiwan. [21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122605945)[22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122605386)[23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122606113)

Sales are concentrated outside the United States. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, customers outside the U.S. accounted for approximately 75% of net sales. Asia accounted for approximately 50% and Europe 21%; China and Taiwan, both included in Asia, accounted for approximately 18% and 15%, respectively. The U.S. therefore represented roughly 25% of sales. These figures reflect customer locations, not where products were manufactured. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122606488)
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## Business segments

Microchip Technology reports two operating segments: semiconductor products and technology licensing. Semiconductor products designs, develops, manufactures and markets mixed-signal microcontrollers, development tools, and analog, connectivity, timing and memory products. Technology licensing sells and licenses intellectual property, principally generating fees and royalties from SuperFlash embedded flash and other technologies. In fiscal 2025, semiconductor products accounted for approximately 97% of net sales and technology licensing for approximately 3%. [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P42301983)[24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P32443344)[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P202740)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P10281536)[27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T2340992)

Microchip also reports a separate product-line breakdown, which should not be confused with its operating segments. In fiscal 2025, mixed-signal microcontrollers contributed 51.1% of net sales, analog products 26.3%, and “other” products and services 22.6%. The analog line includes interface, mixed-signal and timing products; “other” includes FPGA and memory products, manufacturing services, and technology-licensing revenue, among other items. [19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T3054502)[28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P15218558)[29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P31812624)[30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P9875388)
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## Company history

Microchip Technology traces its origins to General Instrument’s microelectronics business, which was reorganized under the Microchip Technology name in 1987. The company was incorporated in 1989 and separated from General Instrument through a sale to an investor group led by Sequoia Capital. Steve Sanghi became president in 1990 and chief executive officer in 1991; Microchip went public in March 1993. [31](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/pr_archive/en/en013045.pdf)[32](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/pr_archive/en/en013054.pdf)[33](https://ir.microchip.com/company-info/faq)[34](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P115581626)

Microchip built its business around PIC microcontrollers, offering the PIC16C5X family by 1992. It subsequently extended the product line with dsPIC digital signal controllers, announced in 2000, and 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers, announced in 2007. [35](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/pr_archive/en/en013076.pdf)[36](http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/pr_archive/en/en013448.pdf)[37](https://ir.microchip.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1168/microchip-technology-extends-picr-microcontroller-line-to-32-bits-with-new-pic32-family)

Acquisitions became a significant part of its expansion: Microchip acquired Silicon Storage Technology in 2010, Standard Microsystems in 2012, Supertex in 2014 and Micrel in 2015. It then completed the acquisitions of Atmel in 2016 and Microsemi in 2018. [38](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855906/000082705410000098/ex99_1.htm)[39](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000119312512331497/d390631dex991.htm)[40](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705414000093/ex991pressreleasesupertex.htm)[41](https://ir.microchip.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/605/microchip-technology-and-micrel-announce-the-completion-of-the-acquisition-of-micrel-by-microchip-technology)[42](https://ir.microchip.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/543/microchip-technology-completes-atmel-acquisition-and-provides-update-on-its-fiscal-fourth-quarter-2016)[43](https://ir.microchip.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/399/microchip-technology-announces-completion-of-microsemi-acquisition)
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