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Analog Devices, Inc

ADI

Analog Devices is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of a broad portfolio of high performance analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits (ICs) used in virtually all types of electronic equipment with 23,000 employees worldwide and over 3000 in Europe.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and Intel Corporation and

1 Oct 2025 · EU – US relations

Response to European chips act package – Regulation

9 May 2022

Analog Devices welcomes the European Chips Act, which is the right step to push for greater manufacturing capacity in Europe. The proposed legislation will be a key foundation for Europe’s leadership in the production of advanced semiconductors. One area of particular interest is the focus on supporting innovative R&D, especially in the field of advanced semiconductors. ADI believes that the EU has the right vision regarding the necessity of collaboration between the public and the private sector to create the environment that will enable the EU to become a leader in the manufacturing of semiconductors, as well as to maintain high levels of innovation. The European Chips Act addresses a key issue for the sector and for the economy – how EU member states can partner with companies such as Analog Devices (ADI) to co-fund, co-innovate and rapidly scale up Europe’s advanced technology and engineering capacity. European industry needs reliable access to a wide spectrum of semiconductors, including those made by ADI, which will power industry 4.0. It is important that the EU builds capacity in R&D and production right across the technology spectrum. The focus on digital technologies relying on semiconductors which, in industry parlance, are on “lower geometry nodes” to deliver higher processing power at even lower density, is both necessary and understandable. We must also ensure, however, a secure and reliable supply of semiconductors on higher geometry industrial nodes, with a rich suite of capabilities to address the requirements of real-world signal processing. These integrated circuits will support the delivery of clean, efficient, sustainable, and fully automated manufacturing at scale. They will also support leading EU companies working to improve the smart technology that lowers energy emissions from electric vehicles, supports the delivery of digital healthcare and underpins next generation 5G telecommunications, among other challenges. We will do this in collaboration with our customers, research partners, with EU institutions and with Member States. The European Chips Act will be very important for the reduction of value chain insecurities in the future, avoiding a repetition of a situation of bottlenecks and supply shortages such as happened during the economic turbulences that followed the Covid-19 pandemic. Further, the proposed legislation will be critical to create a hybrid and flexible approach to producing semiconductors, which responds to the continuously evolving technological development of microchips. As older nodes tend to become obsolete, it will be essential to make sure that the usability of semiconductors is maintained at a high level over the years.
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