Analog Devices Awards European Franchise to Digi-Key.THIEF RIVER The Thief River is a tributary of the Red Lake River in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Red Lake River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay. FALLS, Minn. & NORWOOD, Mass. -- Digi-Key Corporation and Analog Devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ADI) announced today the expansion of the companies' current franchise agreement to include Europe. Digi-Key will now offer the full portfolio of ADI's high performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive ) ICs to designers working in applications that, among others, include automotive, consumer, communications, industrial, instrumentation, medical and factory automation. One of the world's fastest growing distributors of electronic components, Digi-Key currently ships product to more than 130 countries around the world and specializes in assisting the design community with component sourcing. Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) is a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications. "With European design engineers representing one of Digi-Key's fastest growing markets, we are thrilled to expand our franchise agreement with Analog Devices to include Europe and ultimately have the opportunity to bring its cutting edge products to the hundreds of engineers we serve on a daily basis," said Mark Larson, Digi-Key's president and COO. Vincent Roche, ADI's worldwide vice president of sales added, "Digi-Key has demonstrated excellent performance and service with our North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. franchise, and we are pleased to extend the franchise and bring its supply capabilities to our European customers." About Digi-Key Corporation One of the fastest growing electronic component distributors in the world, Digi-Key has earned its reputation of leadership through its total commitment to service and performance. As a full-service provider of both prototype/design and production volume quantities of electronic components, Digi-Key has been ranked #1 for Overall Performance for 14 consecutive years among more than 200 distributors in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. (EE Times Distribution Study/ Sept. 2005). Offering more than 690,000 products from over 330 quality name-brand manufacturers, Digi-Key's commitment to inventory is unparalleled. Access to the company's broad product offering is available 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week at its top-rated Web site, www.digikey.com. About Analog Devices Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning Imagine feeding the output of a temperature sensor, which is in millivolts, to an Analog-to-digital converter to be processed. Is it possible for the Analog-to-Digital converter to process such a minute voltage amplitude? The answer is probably no. technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index. |
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