CHANDLER, Ariz., April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Microchip
Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of
microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, has
reclaimed the number-one position in worldwide 8-bit
microcontroller (MCU) revenue, according to industry analyst firm
Gartner's just-published 2014 rankings. This validates Microchip's
unwavering commitment and innovation efforts for its 8-bit
PIC® microcontroller portfolio.
While many MCU vendors have deemphasized their 8-bit offerings
in recent years, Microchip has continued to innovate across all of
its 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit product lines. And it continues to
grow market share in all three areas, according to Gartner's 2014
report. In the 16-bit MCU market, Microchip was the
fastest-growing supplier among the top 10 in 2014, growing at
greater than 2X the rate of any of the other top 10 companies. Its
32-bit MCUs broke into the top 10 ranking of 32-bit MCU suppliers
for the first time in 2014, based on 42.3% growth.
"We are pleased to report that Microchip has regained the #1
position for 8-bit microcontrollers," said Steve Sanghi, Microchip's president and CEO.
"Four years ago, it took the merger of three Japanese semiconductor
giants—NEC, Hitachi and Mitsubishi in the form of Renesas—to knock
us off the #1 spot for 8-bit MCUs. We said at the time that we
would work relentlessly to gain market share and wrest back the #1
spot. Following their merger in 2010, Renesas' 8-bit MCU business
was 41% larger than ours. In every year since 2010, we closed the
gap, and in 2014 we regained our leadership position, finishing
10.5% higher than Renesas."
8-bit PIC MCUs provide developers with an easy migration path
from 6 to 100 pins, with little or no code change required. This
MCU portfolio offers product families with varying levels of
intelligent integration, including a host of Core Independent
Peripherals, which require little to no CPU intervention,
freeing the core to perform other application tasks. Also
integrated are Intelligent Analog peripherals, including op
amps, comparators, ADCs, DACs and CTMUs; Human Interface
peripherals for LCD displays and mTouch® capacitive
sensing; and Communications channels for Ethernet, I2C™,
SPI, USB, CAN and LIN (EUSARTs). The MPLAB® Code
Configurator plug-in for Microchip's IDE makes it easy to take
advantage of all this integration, by generating seamless, easily
understood C code for quick insertion into projects.
Microchip's 8- and 16-bit PIC MCUs combine high performance, low
cost, rich analog and digital peripheral integration, and small
package size to offer the best price/performance ratio in the
industry. PIC MCUs with eXtreme Low Power (XLP) technology
provide the industry's lowest power consumption and most advanced
low-power features, including Sleep currents down to 9 nA and
Active Mode currents down to 30 microamps/MHz, resulting in battery
life of up to 20 years or more.
The PIC32 family of 32-bit MCUs is a natural extension to
Microchip's portfolio of more than 1,200 PIC microcontroller and
dsPIC® digital signal controller (DSC) products.
Customers can use Microchip's universal MPLAB X Integrated
Development Environment (IDE) to design applications using all
of Microchip's 8-, 16-, and 32-bit PIC microcontroller and DSC
products, and some of its memory devices. Microchip remains the
only company to support all of its standard MCUs and DSCs from a
single IDE.
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About Microchip Technology
Microchip Technology Inc.
(NASDAQ: MCHP) is a leading provider of microcontroller,
mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk
product development, lower total system cost and faster time to
market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide.
Headquartered in Chandler,
Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support
along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information,
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