MaxLinear, Inc (MXL) company profile

MaxLinear, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that designs communications systems-on-chip integrating analog, mixed-signal, radio frequency, and digital signal processing capabilities. The company’s products serve broadband access, wireless and wireline infrastructure, data centers, and industrial and multi-market connectivity applications. Its solutions include transceivers, broadband modems, interfaces, and power management integrated circuits. MaxLinear sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, module makers, and electronics distributors who incorporate the chips into devices such as base stations, optical modules, home gateways, and industrial systems.

Operating on a fabless manufacturing model, the company relies on third-party foundries in Taiwan and Singapore for wafer fabrication, alongside outsourced assembly and test subcontractors. MaxLinear distributes its products globally, maintaining direct sales and engineering personnel across the United States, Europe, and Asia, with the majority of shipments directed to customers in Asia. The company is incorporated in Delaware and maintains its principal executive offices in Carlsbad, California.

Summary of the business section of MaxLinear's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.

Lock-up end is estimated as 180 days after the first trading day; the prospectus sets the actual terms.

“As of December 31, 2025, we had 1,115 full-time employees, including 786 in R&D, 200 in sales and marketing, 27 in operations and semiconductor technology and 102 in administration.”