Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.national.com
Employees: 5,700
Employee growth: (1.7%)

National Semiconductor has an international reputation for semiconductors. The pioneering chip maker offers a variety of integrated circuits (ICs), especially analog and mixed-signal (blending analog and digital functions) chips. Its products focus on analog chips, which transform physical information -- light, sound, pressure, even radio waves -- into data that a computer can use. National Semi's chips are used in wireless, networking, medical, solar, automotive, and industrial applications. It gets more than 75% of sales from customers outside the US, largely to contract manufacturers that serve its OEM customers. In 2011 Texas Instruments (TI) bought National Semi for about $6.5 billion in cash.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending 2011:
Sales: $1,520.4M
One year growth: 7.1%
Net income: $298.8M
Income growth: 42.8%

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Donald (Don) Macleod
SVP and CFO: Lewis Chew
VP Information Services and CIO: Julie Wong

Competitors:
Analog Devices
Maxim Integrated Products
Texas Instruments

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