As of the end of fiscal 2000, approximately 45% of Analog’s revenues came from the communications market, making it the Company’s largest and fastest growing served market. Communications applications include wireless handsets and base stations, as well as products used for high-speed access to the Internet, including ICs used in ADSL and cable modems and central office networking equipment.

Analog serves the PC market with products that monitor and manage power usage, process signals used in flat panel displays and multimedia projectors and enable PCs to provide CD-quality audio. Analog also serves the high-end consumer market with ICs used in products such as digital cameras and camcorders, DVD players and surround sound audio systems. Analog provides a broad array of products to the industrial market, including products for automatic test equipment and for the digital speed control of AC motors.

Analog’s products are sold worldwide through a direct sales force, third-party industrial distributors and independent sales representatives. The Company has direct sales offices in 19 countries, including the United States. Approximately 45% of Analog’s fiscal 2000 revenues came from customers in North America, while most of the balance came from customers in Western Europe and the Far East.

The Company is headquartered near Boston, in Norwood, Massachusetts, and has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Philippines and Taiwan. Founded in 1965, Analog Devices employs approximately 9,800 people worldwide. The Company’s stock (NYSE: ADI) is included in the Standard & Poors 500 Index.