Dallas Semiconductor was Founded in 1983, Maxim is a highly integrated analog and mixed-signal semiconductor manufacturer. In 2011, designed and manufactured analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductors (integrated circuits, or ICs). Its specialties included communications products (including T/E and Ethernet products), microcontrollers, battery management, thermal sensing and thermal management, non-volatile RAM, microprocessor supervisors, delay lines, silicon oscillators, digital potentiometers, real-time clocks, temperature-compensated crystal oscillators (TCXOs), iButton, and 1-Wire products. 

The Dallas, Texas-based company was founded in 1984 and purchased by Maxim Integrated Products in 2001. Both the Maxim and Dallas Semiconductor brands were actively used until 2007. Since then the Maxim name has been used for all new products, though the Dallas Semiconductor brand has been retained for some older products.

Maxim acquired Dallas Semiconductor, which currently employs 9,200 people worldwide and generated revenues of approximately $2.5 billion in fiscal 2011. .

Dallas is product portfolio consists of Finished products and custom designs for radiators and fans.