Digi-Key Corporation and Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. Announce Worldwide Distribution Agreement.THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. & SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation and Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CATS), a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, announced today that the companies have signed a global distribution agreement under which Digi-Key will offer Catalyst's analog, mixed signal and non-volatile memory products. Catalyst's products include LED drivers, DC-DC DC-DC Direct Current to Direct Current (power conversion) converters, Low Dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human Drivers (LDD LDD Lotus Developer Domain LDD Lijst Dedecker (Political party, Vlaanderen, Belgium) LDD Living Dead Dolls LDD LEGO Digital Designer LDD Land Development Desktop (Autodesk AutoCAD) LDD Laser Diode Driver [TM]), linear regulators, voltage supervisors, Digitally Programmable Potentiometers (DPP DPP - Dining Philosophers Problem [TM]), I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output expanders, EEPROMs, Flash memories and NVRAM (Non-Volatile RAM) May refer to dynamic RAM (DRAM) and static RAM (SRAM) chips that are backed up by a battery or to non-volatile chips such as flash memory. See non-volatile memory, dynamic RAM, static RAM and solid state disk. . Among Catalyst's products offered by Digi-Key are the award-winning Quad-Mode[TM] LED drivers, which provide 10 percent higher efficiency and up to 65 percent smaller packaging compared to competitive LED drivers. Catalyst Semiconductor products stocked by Digi-Key are featured in its print and online catalogs and are available for purchase directly from Digi-Key. This new distribution agreement will enable Digi-Key to fulfill both the prototype and production quantity requirements of its customers. "In our commitment to meet the needs of the very diverse customer base we serve, we are extremely excited to add Catalyst Semiconductor to our line card," said Digi-Key President Mark Larson. "We are also certain that Catalyst's products will be of great interest and appeal to Digi-Key's customers." "Digi-Key is well known in the industry for providing excellent service and product availability, with incomparable logistics support," said Scott Brown, vice president of marketing for Catalyst Semiconductor. "We are very excited to partner with Digi-Key and look forward to the enhanced service they will provide to our global customers." About Digi-Key Corporation One of the world's fastest growing distributors of electronic components, Digi-Key has earned its reputation as an industry leader through its total commitment to service and performance. As a full-service provider of both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components, Digi-Key has been ranked #1 for Overall Performance for 16 consecutive years from among the nation's more than 200 distributors (EE Times Distribution Study/ May 2007). Offering more than a million products from over 350 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 Digi-Key's top-rated Web site, www.digikey.com. About Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. Founded in 1985, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . The company produces analog and mixed signal products in addition to an extensive range of non-volatile memories. The analog and mixed-signal product lines include digitally programmable potentiometers (DPP[TM]), white and color LED drivers, DC/DC converters, voltage supervisors, linear regulators and I/O expanders. The memory product lines consist of serial and parallel EEPROMS, Flash and NVRAM. Catalyst's devices are used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. Typical applications include LCD displays, automotive instrumentation, optical networks, modems, wireless LANs, network cards, DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module modules, cellular telephones, digital satellite box receivers, set-top boxes and internet routers. Catalyst's Quality Management System is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-2000 certified. All Catalyst products are available in "green" lead- and halogen-free versions with full RoHS compliance. For additional information about Catalyst Semiconductor, visit www.catsemi.com. Trademark notices: DPP, LDD and Quad-Mode are trademarks of Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. |
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