STMicroelectronics was established in 1987 as a result of the merger of two semiconductor manufacturing companies, the Italian SGS Microelettronica, and the French Thomson Semiconductors. Currently, it is the world's leading manufacturer of a wide range of semiconductor products for microelectronics. The company employs more than 53,000 people in 14 manufacturing plants in 10 countries around the world. The product range includes: analog and mixed chips, amplifiers and comparators, diodes, electromagnetic filtration devices, embedded microprocessors, microcontrollers, memory modules, current converters and other power modules, transistors, software and much more.
