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MACOM (MTSI) Expands Portfolio with New Amplifier Family

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MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (MTSI - Free Report) , a primary supplier of semiconductor products, recently announced the launch of five new Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (“MMIC”) amplifiers. These devices are part of MACOM’s new high-performance MMIC portfolio, which will be unveiled at the European Microwave Week, to be held from Oct 4–6, 2016, in London, U.K.

These highly advanced amplifiers are designed to meet the growing customer requirements. The addition of these products will enable MACOM to provide highly upgraded MMIC solutions to the Community Antenna Television market, combating the growing technical and packaging challenges.

The new additions to MACOM’s portfolio are MAAM-011220, MAAM-011194, MAAM-011162, MAAM-011163 and MAAL-011136. These products are technologically advanced and will set MACOM apart from its peers, likely leading to higher revenues.

Earlier this year, the company launched its MAGe-102425-300, a 300W GaN on Silicon rugged power transistor in lucrative plastic packaging, optimized for use in commercial scale solid-state radio frequency (RF) energy applications. The product leverages solid-state RF energy as a highly proficient and exact heat and power source for a wide array of commercial applications, including microwave ovens, automotive ignition, lighting systems and industrial, scientific and medical applications.

The company continues to focus on expanding its portfolio for healthy organic growth by aggressively investing in the development of new, best-in-class products to better serve its customers.

Headquartered in Lowell, MA, MACOM provides analog semiconductor solutions for use in wireless and wireline applications across the RF, microwave and millimeter wave spectrum. The company's primary markets are community antenna television, cellular backhaul, cellular infrastructure and fiber optic applications, aerospace and defense and multi-market, which includes automotive, industrial, medical, mobile and scientific applications. MACOM has its offices across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

MACOM currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the industry include Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI - Free Report) , Silicon Laboratories Inc. (SLAB - Free Report) and Inphi Corporation . Silicon Laboratories sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), while Inphi and Analog Devices carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

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