STMicroelectronics (ST) is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies; it competes with Texas Instruments to be the top maker of analog chips. ST makes many types of discrete devices (such as transistors and diodes) and integrated circuits (ICs), including microcontrollers, memory chips, and application-specific ICs. It sells to manufacturers in the telecommunications, computer, consumer electronics, industrial, and automotive markets. Clients have included Alcatel-Lucent, Bosch, Hewlett-Packard, and Nokia. STMicroelectronics gets most of its sales outside Europe.