- Headquarters
- Chandler, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Components & subsystems(Inputs)
- What that means
- Makes the parts others build into products: chips, sensors, optics, modules, engines and subsystems.
- Founded
- 1989
- Staff
- 19,400 (2025)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- Nasdaq:MCHP on Google Finance
- Website
- microchip.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Precision Timing & Atomic Clocks
Chandler, United StatesIn 3 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Precision Timing & Atomic ClocksVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #1 of 50
Through its former Microsemi/Symmetricom frequency and time business it makes the 5071A cesium standard, the SA.45s chip-scale atomic clock, space rubidium clocks, hydrogen masers and TimeProvider grandmasters, and acquired Tekron in 2020.
Relevance: Dominant commercial atomic clock maker: cesium standards, CSAC, masers, grandmasters
- Quantum Sensing & MetrologyVery high
Quantum Technologies · Manufacture · listed #2 of 50
Microchip's frequency and time systems unit is the leading maker of commercial chip-scale atomic clocks (CSAC), cesium beam standards and hydrogen masers used in defence, telecoms and metrology.
Relevance: Dominant chip-scale atomic clock maker
- Compound & Power SemiconductorsModerate
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Manufacture · listed #32 of 50
Supplies mSiC MOSFETs, diodes and power modules (from Microsemi) for aerospace, defence and industrial power, as well as GaN RF devices.
Relevance: SiC MOSFETs and power modules supplier