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Microsemi: History, Companies, Technology & Measurement

Microsemi Corporation was an Aliso Viejo, California-based provider of semiconductor and system solutions for aerospace & defense, communications, data center and industrial markets.

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Microsemi topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies, Technology and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Microsemi.

Related topics
113
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
120
Extracted relationships
250
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
120

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Products · 41 topics
Offices · 28 topics
History · 15 topics
Acquisitions · 10 topics
Awards · 8 topics
Controversies · 8 topics
Overview · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
February 1959; 67 years ago (1959-02) Culver City, CA, United States
Founders
Arthur Feldon Steve Manning
Industry
Semiconductor Networking equipment
Headquarters
Aliso Viejo, CA, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Defunct
May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Products

Acquisitions

Awards

Controversies

Offices

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Microsemi connects Entity context

The extracted context around Microsemi shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Microsemi → Adaptec, Award, Best Delivery Support Award, Best Telecom, Business Journal, CalCPARenewable Energy Design Award, CEM, Certification, CFO, Cryptography Research DPA Logo, DC-powered PoE Midspan Injector, DesignConEuropean Commission Innovation Award, Editor's Choice, Editor's Choice Award, EDN China, Electronic Product Magazine, Electronic Products, Electronics Weekly, Elektra Awards, ESTnet Another extracted example is Microsemi → According, Advisory Panel, Arthur Feldon, As, At, CA, California, California's Ernest, Components, Copiague, Culver City, Delaware, Exchange Commission, February, Feldon, Hall, High Voltage Oscillators, IEEE, Improved Minuteman, In. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Microsemi

Top relations

related to Awards · 66
Microsemi → Adaptec, Award, Best Delivery Support Award, Best Telecom, Business Journal, CalCPARenewable Energy Design Award, CEM, Certification, CFO, Cryptography Research DPA Logo, DC-powered PoE Midspan Injector, DesignConEuropean Commission Innovation Award, Editor's Choice, Editor's Choice Award, EDN China, Electronic Product Magazine, Electronic Products, Electronics Weekly, Elektra Awards, ESTnet
related to 1959 to 1970: Early years · 50
Microsemi → According, Advisory Panel, Arthur Feldon, As, At, CA, California, California's Ernest, Components, Copiague, Culver City, Delaware, Exchange Commission, February, Feldon, Hall, High Voltage Oscillators, IEEE, Improved Minuteman, In
related to Offices · 46
Microsemi → Aliso Viejo, Allentown, Atlanta, Austin, Belgium, Beverly, Boulder, Bruges, Cabuyao, Caldicot, California, Camarillo, Canada, China, Colorado, Cupertino, Dallas, Denmark, Ennis, Garden Grove
related to 1971 to 2000: The Philip Frey Jr years · 18
Microsemi → According, At, But, California, Culver City, Frey, Hawthorne, In, Microsemiconductor, New York, Orange County Business Journal, Philip Frey Jr, Sales, Santa Ana, Source, Teledyne Inc, That, When
related to James Peterson education claims · 17
Microsemi → An, As, Barry Minkow, Brigham Young University, Business Administration, CEO, Fraud Discovery Institute, In, James Peterson, Master, Microsemi's, Munger, Olson, Peterson, STEC Inc, The, Tolles
related to Products · 10
Microsemi → ASICs, Atlas, Ethernet, FPGAs, Mars Curiosity Rover, Microsemi's, Power-over-Ethernet ICs, RF, Several, SoCs
related to 2000 to 2018: The James J. Peterson years · 8
Microsemi → California, CEO, In, Irvine, Jim Peterson, Linfinity, On November, Santa Ana
related to ProASIC3 Backdoor Claims · 6
Microsemi → DPA, FPGA, In, Microsemi's ProASIC3, The, The MicroSemi
related to External links · 3
Microsemi → Facebook, LinkedInGlassdoor, Official
related to Pre-Acquisition Discounting · 2
Microsemi → In August, Microchip

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

company products inc acquired peterson business semiconductor microsemiconductor million ceo 2018 2016 announced time technology march november defense may corporation

Microsemi relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 250 structured relationships around Microsemi. Examples in this analysis include Microsemi → Area served → Worldwide and Microsemi → Defunct → May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MicrosemiArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
MicrosemiDefunctMay 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)1.00infobox
MicrosemiFateAcquired by Microchip Technology1.00infobox
MicrosemiFoundedFebruary 1959; 67 years ago (1959-02) Culver City, CA, United States1.00infobox
MicrosemiFoundersArthur Feldon Steve Manning1.00infobox
MicrosemiHeadquartersAliso Viejo, CA, United States1.00infobox
MicrosemiIndustrySemiconductor Networking equipment1.00infobox
MicrosemiKey peopleJames J. Peterson, CEO & Chairman Paul H. Pickle, COO & President1.00infobox
MicrosemiNet income($32.60) million USD (2016)1.00infobox
MicrosemiNumber of employees4,400 (2016)1.00infobox
MicrosemiOperating income$53.70 million USD (2016)1.00infobox
MicrosemiProductsFPGA, System on a chip, RAID, host adapter, NVMe controllers, Power over Ethernet, Time server, Atomic Clock, PLL, Frequency synthesizer, MMIC, Varactor, PIN diode, Audio proces…1.00infobox
MicrosemiRevenue$1,655 million USD (2016)1.00infobox
MicrosemiTraded asNasdaq: MSCC1.00infobox
MicrosemiTypePublic1.00infobox
MicrosemiWebsitewww.microsemi.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Microsemi bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Acquired, Products and Million. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Microsemi
    • Acquired
    • Products
    • Million
    • Announced
    • California
    • Ireland
    • March
    • Semiconductor
    • Microchip
    • Years
    • February
    • Defense
  • microsemi
    • Acquired
    • Products
    • Million
    • Announced
    • California
    • Ireland
    • March
    • Semiconductor
    • Microchip
    • Years
    • February
    • Defense
  • microchip technology
    • Power
    • Technology
    • June
    • Diodes
    • Electronic
    • Security
    • Divested
    • July
    • November
    • Business
    • Inc
    • Years
  • zte corporation
    • February
    • Semiconductor
    • Power
    • Technology
    • Products
    • June
    • New
    • Ceo
    • November
    • Business
    • Diodes
    • Microchip
  • master of business administration
    • Inc
    • Products
    • Security
    • April
    • Power
    • Semiconductor
    • Corporation
    • June
    • Microsemi's
    • New
    • Ceo
    • Defense
  • maxim integrated products
    • Power
    • Technology
    • Semiconductor
    • Diodes
    • Electronic
    • Microsemi's
    • Business
    • Inc
    • Time
    • June
    • Security
    • July
  • products
    • Power
    • Technology
    • Semiconductor
    • Diodes
    • Electronic
    • Microsemi's
    • Business
    • Inc
    • Time
    • June
    • Security
    • July
  • acquired
    • Microsemi
    • Products
    • Years
    • February
    • Defense
    • July
    • Technology
    • Semiconductor
    • Peterson
    • Business
    • Company
    • Microchip

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Microsemi, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Microsemi with Products. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MicrosemiProducts · splits 79 ⟂ 42
MicrosemiOffices · splits 92 ⟂ 29
MicrosemiHistory · splits 105 ⟂ 16
MicrosemiAcquisitions · splits 110 ⟂ 11
MicrosemiAwards · splits 112 ⟂ 9
MicrosemiControversies · splits 112 ⟂ 9
MicrosemiOverview · splits 117 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Microsemi

Nodes121
Edges120
Triples250
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016529
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Microsemi to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies, Technology & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Microsemi · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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