Dallas Semiconductor

Dallas Semiconductor, founded in 1984, was a pioneer in designing and manufacturing high-performance analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductors. The company gained recognition for its 1-Wire®, iButton®, real-time clocks, microcontrollers, and thermal management solutions. Serving telecommunications, computing, industrial, and automotive markets, Dallas Semiconductor became a trusted supplier for thousands of customers worldwide.

The company’s extensive portfolio included non-volatile RAM, battery management ICs, microprocessor supervisors, delay lines, silicon oscillators, and digital potentiometers. Dallas Semiconductor products were known for their precision, reliability, and ability to enhance system performance in applications requiring accurate timekeeping, thermal sensing, and power efficiency. These innovations solidified the company’s role as a key provider of integrated semiconductor solutions.

Acquired by Maxim Integrated in 2001, Dallas Semiconductor’s technologies remain widely used, with legacy products identifiable by the “DS” prefix in part numbers. Now under Analog Devices (ADI) following Maxim's acquisition, Dallas Semiconductor’s groundbreaking solutions continue to support engineers and designers in developing advanced electronic systems across various industries.