Founded in 2003,[1] it provides highly integrated radio-frequency (RF) analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for broadband communications applications.

[9] In 2020 the company acquired NanoSemi for its machine learning techniques to improve signal integrity and power efficiency in communication and artificial intelligence systems.

[10] As of 2022, MaxLinear is on the Multimedia over Coax Alliance board of directors as well as Arris, Broadcom, Comcast, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Echostar, Intel, and Verizon.

[11] In May 2022, MaxLinear agreed to buy Silicon Motion, an American-Taiwanese company that develops NAND flash controllers, for $3.8 billion in a cash-and-stock deal.

[13] MaxLinear is based in Carlsbad, California,[4] and operates in the United States, Austria, China, Israel, India, Japan, Korea, and Spain.

[15] By 2010, it used "third-party contractors in Asia for manufacturing and assembly," with all its chips made by United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) at foundries in Taiwan and Singapore.

[citation needed] The San Diego Union-Tribune writes that "MaxLinear’s product is very small radio-frequency TV tuner chips — half the size of an individual dial button on the keypad of a cell phone.

"[5] According to Xconomy, "MaxLinear focuses on designing semiconductor chips that enable people to watch TV on devices with a wireless broadband connection.

[citation needed] The company designs its analog and mixed-signal circuits in standard CMOS process technology for low-cost manufacturing.

The IP-LNB incorporates eight-channel satellite-to-IP bridging technology to deliver eight concurrent channels via IP unicast or multicast to fixed and portable client devices.