Cisco vs Monolithic Power Systems
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San Jose enterprise networking and security (NASDAQ: CSCO) at ~$57B annual revenue; $28B Splunk acquisition completed March 2024 integrating SIEM/SOAR with Cisco Security Cloud competing with Palo Alto Networks for enterprise cybersecurity.
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Cisco Systems Inc. is a San Jose, California-based global technology conglomerate — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: CSCO) as a Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 component — generating approximately $57 billion in annual revenue and employing 86,000+ employees across 150+ countries, operating as the world's leading enterprise networking equipment manufacturer and an expanding cybersecurity and observability platform following the $28 billion acquisition of Splunk (completed March 2024, Cisco's largest-ever acquisition). Cisco's product portfolio spans networking (Catalyst switches, ASR routers, Meraki cloud-managed networking), security (Duo MFA, Cisco Firepower, Umbrella DNS security, SecureX XDR), collaboration (Webex conferencing, Webex Calling), data center (Nexus switches, UCS servers, HyperFlex HCI), and observability (Splunk SIEM/SOAR, AppDynamics APM, ThousandEyes network intelligence). CEO Chuck Robbins has led the company since 2015. Founded 1984 by Stanford computer scientists Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner.
San Jose power management semiconductors (NASDAQ: MPWR) Q3 2025 revenue $737.2M (+18.9% YoY); Enterprise Data $191.5M (+33% QoQ) powering NVIDIA/Google/AMD AI GPU clusters, competing with Texas Instruments and Analog Devices.
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Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) is a San Jose, California-based analog and mixed-signal semiconductor company — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: MPWR) as an S&P 500 Information Technology component — designing high-performance power management integrated circuits for computing, cloud infrastructure, storage, automotive, industrial, and consumer applications through approximately 3,800 employees worldwide. In Q3 2025, Monolithic Power Systems reported revenue of $737.2 million (+10.9% sequentially, +18.9% year-over-year), with the Enterprise Data segment (AI server power management) reaching $191.5 million (+33% from Q2 2025) driven by strong demand for power management solutions in next-generation AI platforms from NVIDIA, Google, and AMD. CEO Michael Hsing founded MPS in 1997 and has led the company's growth from a consumer LED driver manufacturer to an AI infrastructure power management leader — with MPS power ICs now embedded in NVIDIA H100, H200, and GB200 GPU clusters as the voltage regulators that convert rack power supply voltage to the precise low-voltage, high-current supply that GPU cores require during AI training inference. MPS's proprietary Intelli-Phase multiphase power architecture delivers 99%+ efficiency for high-density AI compute power delivery — a competitive differentiation that directly affects data center PUE (power usage effectiveness) at scale.
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