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If, like me, you think of op-amps and some National Instruments analog-to-digital converters when you think of Analog Devices, you might be wondering what they'
by cushychicken 5y ago
If, like me, you think of op-amps and some National Instruments analog-to-digital converters when you think of Analog Devices, you might be wondering what they're doing writing Linux drivers
That's a pretty dated view of ADI's business.
These days they make most of their cheddar in their high speed data converter business. They have GSPS ADCs and DACs available that are hundreds of dollars per chip.
The Kuiper Linux support for Xilinx Zynq and MPSoC is telling. That's coded language for 5G physical layer and electronic warfare/SIGINT uses.
- LeifCarrotson 5y agoI know it's a pretty dated view, but is it really true that most of their...profits? revenue? are in the high-speed high-dollar data converter segment? Sure, one of those chips might cost as much as a reel of other chips, but for every van with a SIGINT box, there are thousands of civilian electronic devices.
- cushychicken 5y agoHigh speed A/D and D/A is a big research driver to much of their business. The advances they make in gigasample D/A fabrication, can apply across a wide range of their product portfolio. The cutting edge chips may not represent a huge chunk of silicon volume, but they are a big driver of profitability. The volume is also likely a lot higher than you realize: these ADCs/DACs are ubiquitous in modern digital radars of the type preferred by the US military. It also forms a big part of their business to sell associated components that complement the converters: clock sources, PLLs, some discrete RF, etc.
- rgetz 5y ago>The Kuiper Linux support for Xilinx Zynq and MPSoC is telling. You missed the Intel SoC and Raspberry Pi support too. :) According to the Annual Report [1] - ADI works with 125,000+ customers. That means diversity in application. The press release was focused on Linux, but there are a lot of other ecosystems that ADI also participates in - from Arduino to Pmod to No-OS to Mbed and more. https://www.analog.com/media/en/news-marketing-collateral/solutions-bulletins-brochures/Solutions-for-Rapid-Prototyping.pdf https://www.analog.com/media/en/news-marketing-collateral/so... [Disclaimer - I work at ADI] [1] https://investor.analog.com/static-files/ddc81d14-3ffe-4655-9726-7dd754332b17 https://investor.analog.com/static-files/ddc81d14-3ffe-4655-...
- cushychicken 5y agoI will be afraid if someone starts building radars using a Raspberry Pi and an AD9177.
- rgetz 5y agoYou would be surprised what some people do :) We are making a Pi HAT based on https://www.analog.com/ad9166 https://www.analog.com/ad9166 (no JESD204, NCO only) to demonstrate how to make a fast hopping CW ... There are lots of things that Pi is a great answer for.
- cushychicken 5y agoGod, y'all make some neat mixed signal parts. Lotta respect for ADI.