Dallas Semiconductor Corporation manufactures electronic chips and chip-based subsystems. The company develops high performance complementary metal oxide silicon integrated circuits and semiconductor based systems that provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to electronic design problems. Dallas Semiconductor Corporation uses customer problems as an entry point to develop products with widespread applications. The company's three product groups are Communications, 1-Wire and Network Computing, and Mixed Signal. Markets served include broadband telecommunications, wireless handsets, cellular base stations, secure Internet communications, networking, servers, data storage and a wide variety of industrial equipment. Sales are made to distributors and Original Equipment Manufacturers. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered at Dallas, Texas. As of November 4, 2001, Dallas Semiconductor Corporation is a subsidiary of Maxim Integrated Products Inc.