Analog Devices 4Q07 Update
Analog Devices posted $614 million revenue for the quarter which represented a decline of 1.5% q-o-q. Industrial market segment fetched about half of the revenues at 49% of the total. Communications was the second largest contributor with 23% followed by Consumer and Computer markets with 22% and 6% shares respectively.
Communication segment showed the maximum gain of 6% for the quarter. Other segments showed a decline except the industrial which grew marginally by 1%. The increase in communications revenues is attributed to wireless infrastructure applications uptake along with the Analog products used in mobile devices.
Europe saw considerable growth for Analog products while other regions were slightly week in this quarter.
Within communications space, Analog Devices announced expansion of its RF portfolio in the quarter. It also introduced a video compression CODEC for wireless HDTV transmission. Besides it announced expansion of the application of its digital synthesis technology into battery powered applications including in the communications space.
