SigmaTel Joins University of Texas at Austin WNCG Industry Affiliates Program.AUSTIN, Texas -- SigmaTel, 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 :SGTL SGTL Silicon Graphics Teaching Laboratory ), a leader in analog intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits and the Wireless Networking See wireless network. and Communications Group (WNCG WNCG Wireless Networking and Communications Group (University of Texas at Austin) ) at the University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas , announces that SigmaTel has joined the WNCG as an Industrial Affiliate sponsor. SigmaTel, headquartered in Austin, is a worldwide market leader and technology supplier for portable digital audio players and laptop PCs. WNCG, a leading academic research center at the University of Texas, involves more than 14 engineering professors and 70 graduate and undergraduate students who are pursuing cutting edge research in next generation wireless technologies for both licensed and unlicensed services. "The WNCG is a leading-edge research group; with renowned industry experts, high-caliber student researchers and state-of the-art research facilities," said Ron Edgerton, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SigmaTel, Inc. "By joining this group, we can expand our research and development into new productive areas, establish a relationship with a prominent educational institution and build the groundwork for mining future highly-qualified talent." "As a technology leader in their market, SigmaTel has become known within Austin as an important hi-tech success story," said Ted Rappaport, director of WNCG and the William and Bettye Nowlin chaired professor of the department of electrical and computer engineering for UT. "SigmaTel is wise to recognize that growth and expansion must include the augmentation of current internal research and development activities to diversify their product lines. The WNCG is a resource that will help to foster this growth by providing the infrastructure and the access to some of the brightest minds in the wireless field." For more information on SigmaTel products, as well as development information and sales support please visit www.sigmatel.com. For more information about WNCG please visit www.wncg.org. About WNCG The Wireless Networking & Communications Group (WNCG) is a research center within the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin focused on the development of research and educational materials in fundamental areas of wireless networking. WNCG is sponsored by an active group of Industrial Affiliates, including ADC (1) See A/D converter. 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More information about WNCG is available at www.wncg.org. About SigmaTel SigmaTel, Inc. a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, DVD players, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel provides complete, system-level solutions that include highly-integrated ICs, customizable firmware and software, software development tools, reference designs, and applications support. The Company's focus is on providing system-level solutions that enable customers to rapidly introduce and offer electronic products that are small, light-weight, power-efficient, reliable, and cost-effective. SigmaTel 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 and is committed to providing customers with high performance, quality products along with superior customer service. Cautionary Language This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current SigmaTel expectations. The words "expect," "will," "should," "would," "anticipate," "project," "outlook," "believe," "intend," and similar phrases as they relate to SigmaTel or future events are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current views and assumptions of SigmaTel, but are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, and there will be events in the future that SigmaTel is not able to accurately predict or control. For a discussion of factors that could impact SigmaTel's financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to recent SigmaTel filings with the SEC, particularly the 424(b)(4) final prospectuses filed September 19, 2003 and February 19, 2004, the Form 10-Qs that were filed on October 29, 2003, April 20, 2004, July 20, 2004 and October 19, 2004, the Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. that was filed on February 17, 2004, and the Form 10-K that SigmaTel filed February 8, 2005 covering the annual period ended December 31, 2004. All products and brand names as they appear in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications may be changed without notice. |
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