Digi-Key Corporation Signs New Global Distribution Agreement with ZiLOG.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. -- Digi-Key Corporation, one of the world's fastest growing distributors of electronic components, announces it has recently contracted with ZiLOG, Inc. to expand its current agreement to that of a Global Franchise. Digi-Key President Mark Larson states, "ZiLOG's history of bringing innovative products to the market is the perfect fit for the hundreds of engineers Digi-Key serves daily. ZiLOG products allow the customer faster time-to-market. Digi-Key service supports this cost-effective approach by offering its customers on-time delivery and the broadest product offering and highest stocking levels in the industry. Digi-Key's worldwide franchise for ZiLOG will allow us to offer its leading edge products to engineers in Digi-Key's fastest growing markets in Japan, Asia, and Europe." ZiLOG, a design solution company specializing in embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. and integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. , continues to innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. the design world with its broad range of products. ZiLOG is the inventor of the award-winning Z80(R) and Z8(R) architectures and continues to reinvent re·in·vent tr.v. re·in·vent·ed, re·in·vent·ing, re·in·vents 1. To make over completely: "She reinvented Indian cooking to fit a Western kitchen and a Western larder" its core product lines, most recently with the introduction of the Z8 Encore!(R), Z8 Encore! XP(R), eZ80Acclaim!(R) , and the new Z8 Encore! MC(TM) (Motor Control) families of flash microcontrollers. Within ZiLOG's extensive product families are devices focused toward consumer electronics, home appliances, sensors, HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free , security, point-of-sale, computer peripherals, Infared (IR) remotes, and industrial and automotive markets worldwide. Quote from ZiLOG "Digi-Key has done an outstanding job of placing ZiLOG's products into the hands of thousands of design engineers throughout 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. , said Mike Perlman, ZiLOG's Vice President of Business Marketing & Worldwide Distribution. They have executed extremely well on their Global expansion initiative, and as a result, have become a very valuable and essential supply resource for design engineers worldwide. It naturally follows that ZiLOG is very excited to expand our agreement with Digi-Key to include Asia, Europe, and Japan." ZiLOG's innovative line of products can be viewed in Digi-Key's traditional 1600-plus page product catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. or on its top-rated Web site at www.digikey.com. About Digi-Key Digi-Key Corporation is one of the fastest growing distributors of electronic components in the world. From its beginnings, the company has attained a reputation of leadership in the electronic component distribution business through its total commitment to service and performance. Whether as a full-service provider of prototype/design components or production volume quantities, Digi-Key Corporation consistently ranks number one for overall performance among more than 600 distributors in the United States. Offering over 530,000 different products from more than 320 name-brand manufacturers, Digi-Key's commitment to inventory is second-to-none. Access to its broad product offering is available 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week at www.digikey.com. About ZiLOG, Inc. Founded in 1974, ZiLOG earned international acclaim for designing one of the first architectures in the microprocessors and microcontrollers industry. Today, the company is a leading global supplier of 8-bit micrologic devices. ZiLOG designs and markets a broad portfolio of devices for embedded control and communications applications used in consumer electronics, home appliances, security systems, point-of-sale terminals, personal computer peripherals, as well as industrial and automotive applications. Headquartered in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA, ZiLOG employs approximately 520 people worldwide and has sales offices and design centers in Asia, Europe, and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . For more information about ZiLOG and its products, visit the company's Web site at www.ZiLOG.com. |
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