Ray Stata on the evolution of the semiconductor industry
“Early on, I decided I wanted to start my own company and be my own boss. I had a serious aversion to authority,” he says. Ray’s independent streak and willingness to challenge conventional wisdom helped make Analog into a worldwide leader in data conversion and signal-processing technology.
If it can be designed on a computer, it can be built by robots
Powerful new software rewrites the rule of mass production – A single piece of software oversees the entire production line, which is capable of pumping out 130 cordless power tools every hour under the supervision of just seven humans.
Ray Stata Bestowed with GSA’s Highest Honor, the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, proudly announces the winner of the 2017 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award: Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Analog Devices, Inc.
Ray Stata Accepts IEEE Award Recognizing Analog Devices for Innovation and Industry Leadership
The world’s largest technical professional association – the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – conferred its 2017 IEEE Corporate Innovation Award on Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) “for sustained innovation and leadership in the development of high-performance data converter technology and products” for more than 50 years. ADI Co-founder and Chairman of the Board Ray Stata accepted the award at IEEE’s Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit
4 secrets to business longevity from Analog Devices’ Ray Stata
“Will Analog Devices exist 50 years hence? I hope so,” he writes in the book’s foreword. “If it does, it will be because it remained true to its core values and continued to learn, adapt, and innovate.”
The Story of Analog Garage
This willingness to take risks would prove to be essential in sustaining leadership for decades in the company’s core signal conditioning and conversion markets. Analog Devices invented and improved manufacturing technologies like bipolar process and laser trim technology to help ensure the highest-quality components. At the same time, it pushed yet again in an unexplored direction, and built the first CMOS converter.
EE Times Honors Analog Devices Cofounder Ray Stata with Lifetime Award
The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape the world we live in. These creators, and their innovations, are recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala as part of TechInsights’ Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America.
The American Chamber of Commerce Ireland honored Analog Devices co-founder, Ray Stata, with its lifetime achievement award
“We stand on the shoulders of people like Ray Stata, whose visionary spirit has turned Ireland into the home of some of the most sophisticated technology in the world today. We pay tribute to his success, and to Analog for their longstanding commitment to Ireland and Irish technological development.”
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“When you start a company, there is no work-life balance,” he told students. “You continue to drink from the fire hose not only because you have to but because you are so committed and motivated to succeed.”
MIT's Stata Center opens on May 7, 2004
The Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer, Information, and Intelligence Sciences at MIT, designed by architect Frank Gehry, opens its doors on May 7. The 730,000-square-foot complex — Gehry’s largest building to date — will be home to high-level research in computer science, linguistics and philosophy and usher in a new era of collaborative research and discovery at MIT.
Ray Stata receives IEEE Founders medal
The IEEE Founders Medal is an award presented for outstanding contributions in the leadership, planning, and administration of affairs of great value to the electrical and electronics engineering profession.
9 Oldest NASDAQ Listed Companies
#9 – Founded in 1965 by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, Analog Devices (ADI) produces semiconductors, including data converters, amplifiers, radio frequency ICs, and embedded processors.
Ray Stata Elected as a Life Member of the MIT Corporation
The Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology–MIT’s board of trustees–elected four life members including Ray Stata in 1933. In 1984 Ray was elected to MIT’s Corporation and served as a member of its Executive Committee until 2010. In 1987-1988 he served as President of the MIT Alumni Association.