| Type | Public (NASDAQ: VLTR) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Fremont, California, USA |
| Products | Power management |
| Employees | 150 |
| Website | www.volterra.com |
Volterra Semiconductor, commonly known as "Volterra," is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and manufactures mixed-signal integrated circuits used in power management applications. The company was founded in 1996 and has headquarters in Fremont, California, United States.
Volterra became a public company via an initial public offering of its stock at $8.00 per share on July 29, 2004.[1]
Volterra's product line consists primarily of integrated circuits and chipsets that manage power for low voltage, extremely high current applications, such as desktop and notebook PC and workstation motherboards, network servers, and video controllers.
The company directly employs about 150 people and reported net revenue of $74.7 million for their most recent fiscal year, which ended on December 31, 2007.
Volterra is named for Vito Volterra, an Italian mathematician and physicist, who is best known as the father of the Volterra series.