Zarlink Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company specialized in designing, manufacturing and marketing semiconductor products for aerospace, defense and security; enterprise and communications; industrial and alternative energy markets.
Science its inception in 1971, Zarlink Semiconductor has been dedicated to equipping worldwide equipment manufacturers with a comprehensive wide range of parts, including high-performance, high-reliability
analog and RF devices, mixed-signal and
RF integrated circuits, customizable SoCs,
FPGAs, and complete subsystems. The company builds partner relationship with more than 400 companies, such as Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Nokia and Siemens. Zarlink has sales offices in the Asia Pacific region, Europe, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico.
As of October 12, 2011, Zarlink Semiconductor was acquired by Microsemi Corporation.