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Analog Devices Completes Strategic Manufacturing Upgrades

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NORWOOD, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Analog Devices, Inc. ] (NYSE: ADI) has successfully completed operational improvements to lower cost and achieve greater wafer fabrication efficiencies for its proprietary analog, mixed-signal, and MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) manufacturing process technologies. The improvements to plants in Wilmington, Massachusetts, which were completed Nov. 1, and Limerick, Ireland, finalized earlier in the year, were part of a previously announced multi-year plan to ensure ADI's customers have access to cost-effective and flexible global manufacturing infrastructure.

The Wilmington facility, which manufactures RF, linear and other analog products, has assumed production of ADI's MEMS products. The Limerick fab has transitioned all production to the company's high-capacity 8-inch wafer fab. The resulting capacity expansion and operational efficiencies reinforce ADI's ability to manufacture using high-performance analog process technologies, including proprietary MEMS, CMOS, BiCMOS, BiPolar and SiGe processes.

Analog Devices' manufacturing strategy blends both internal and external operations, which results in a supply chain with the flexibility to accommodate market demand fluctuations while maintaining consistently short delivery times. High-performance analog innovations require not only breakthroughs in circuit design but also proprietary analog and mixed signal process technology, packaging and test. In addition, ADI leverages strategic partnerships with external foundries that provide access to deep submicron process technology and wafer production up to 300mm.

"We were able to achieve the right balance between internal and external manufacturing, which allowed ADI to maintain short, consistent lead times and strong delivery performance throughout the facility upgrade process. Many thanks go to the hard working teams in our manufacturing and planning organizations who ensured these major improvements went smoothly during a challenging year," said Robbie McAdam, vice president of the Core Products and Technologies group, Analog Devices. "Our accelerated schedule ensures we have the staff, equipment, and clean room capacity to help our global customers meet their upside demand without running the risk of supply chain interruptions."

With significant finished goods and die bank inventory, lead times are 4 to 8 weeks for 98 percent of ADI products, including through distributors.

"At Analog Devices, excellence in manufacturing and customer service is as important as excellence in product design. High-performance analog design goes hand-in-hand with innovative process technology, packaging, test, and world-class on-time delivery performance," said McAdam.

About Analog Devices

Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged throughout the industry as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating over 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index. [ http://www.analog.com ].