Microsemi

Microsemi Corporation

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: MSCC
Industry	Semiconductor Networking equipment
Founded	February 1959; 65 years ago (1959-02) Culver City, CA, United States
Founders	Arthur Feldon Steve Manning
Defunct	May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)
Fate	Acquired by Microchip Technology
Headquarters	Aliso Viejo, CA, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	James J. Peterson, CEO & Chairman Paul H. Pickle, COO & President
Products	FPGA, System on a chip, RAID, host adapter, NVMe controllers, Power over Ethernet, Time server, Atomic Clock, PLL, Frequency synthesizer, MMIC, Varactor, PIN diode, Audio processor, Ethernet Switch, Ethernet PHY, Transceiver, GaN Transistors, SiC MosFET, power module
Revenue	$1,655 million USD (2016)[1]
Operating income	$53.70 million USD (2016)
Net income	($32.60) million USD (2016)
Number of employees	4,400 (2016)
Website	www.microsemi.com

Microsemi Corporation was an Aliso Viejo, California-based provider of semiconductor and system solutions for aerospace & defense, communications, data center and industrial markets.

In February 2018, it was announced that Chandler, Arizona-based Microchip Technology was acquiring the company for over US$10 billion, pending regulatory approval.^[2] In May 2018, it was announced that Microchip had completed its acquisition of Microsemi.^[3] In August 2018, Microchip discovered that Microsemi shipped large orders to distributors on discount before the closing of the acquisition and had a culture of excessive extravagance, casting some doubt on the future prospect of the acquisition.^[4]