49/100BMicrochip Technology company profile
- CEO
- Steve Sanghi
- Employees
- 17,900
- Headquarters
- 2355 West Chandler Boulevard, Chandler, AZ 85224-6199, US
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- IPO date
- 19 Mar 1993
- Stock exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US5950171042
Website:microchip.com
About the company
Microchip Technology Incorporated creates, produces, and sells intelligent, interconnected, and secure embedded control solutions to customers throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company's core offerings include a range of microcontrollers, such as general-purpose 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit models, as well as 32-bit embedded microprocessors. These specialized microcontrollers are designed for numerous applications across industries like automotive, industrial, computing, communications, lighting, power supplies, motor control, human-machine interfaces, security, and various wired and wireless connectivity needs. Beyond its processors, Microchip provides development tools that enable system designers to program its microcontroller and microprocessor units for specific tasks. Its product lineup also features Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and a broad selection of analog, interface, mixed-signal, and timing components. This extensive category encompasses power management, linear, high-voltage, thermal management, discrete diodes and MOSFETs, radio frequency (RF), drivers, safety, security, USB, Ethernet, wireless, and other interface products. For compact device applications, the company supplies memory products such as serial EEPROM, serial and parallel flash, serial SRAM, and serial EERAM. A significant aspect of Microchip's business involves licensing its SuperFlash embedded flash and NVM technologies. These are provided to foundries, integrated device manufacturers, and design partners for use in manufacturing their own microcontrollers, gate arrays, RF, analog, and neuromorphic computing products that require integrated non-volatile memory. Moreover, Microchip delivers engineering services, along with wafer foundry, assembly, and test subcontracting manufacturing services. It also produces specialized timing systems, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and aerospace products. Microchip Technology Incorporated was established in 1989 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.
Employees
Microchip Technology had about 17,900 employees at the end of fiscal year 2026 (31 March 2026), by its annual report. That is 7.7% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Microchip Technology
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 100.6% of Microchip Technology's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,363 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Microchip Technology
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