Standard Microsystems celebrates 25 years of networking excellence; 1996 marks 25th anniversary of SMC.HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1996--1996 marks the 25th anniversary of Standard Microsystems Corp. (SMC) (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 :SMSC SMSC Short Message Service Center SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation (New York) SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural (education) SMSC Stephenville Medical and Surgical Clinic ). SMC is comprised of two divisions--the System Products Division which provides a broad range of networking solutions for scaling, managing and connecting local area networks including LAN switches, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. hubs, LAN adapters, and network management software and the Component Products Division which supplies very-large-scale integrated (VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. ) circuits for personal computers and embedded control systems. "During our first 25 years in business, we have grown from a small company with less than 10 people and no sales to a dynamic, international corporation with annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. sales approaching 400 million dollars per year," stated Paul Richman, Standard Microsystems' chairman of the board and chief executive officer. "We have a talented management team, the strongest financial position in the company's history, and strong relationships with world-class customers, major distributors, a broad base of reseller organizations and other business partners. These factors, combined with our leading-edge products and new technologies, positions SMC for continued growth and expansion over the months and years ahead." SMC's history in data communications began in 1971, when the company began supplying communications semiconductor components to the computer industry. At that time SMC developed a semiconductor manufacturing technology, COPLAMOS, which provided a better means of isolating active devices on a silicon substrate. This process was essential to the development of advanced metal-oxide-silicon (MOS) integrated circuits. Another technological breakthrough, patented by SMC and licensed to others, is a digital data separator for floppy disk drive floppy disk drive - disk drive controllers. SMC has been able to leverage its technology by incorporating it into its own products, as well as licensing it to other semiconductor manufacturers such as Texas Instruments Inc., Intel Corp., National Semiconductor Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corp., IBM Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and AT&T Corp. The Component Products Division is now one of the fastest-growing suppliers of personal computer (PC) input/output (I/O) and networking chips. SMC components reside on the motherboards of PC products made by Acer, Compaq, IBM, Hewlett Packard, and many other major PC makers. With the acquisition of the assets and technology of EFAR EFAR Engineer Federal Acquisition Regulations (US Army Corps of Engineers) eFAR Electronic Federal Aviation Regulations Microsystems in early 1996, SMC's Component Products Division is exceptionally well-positioned to continue its market and technology leadership in PC motherboard devices. The EFAR acquisition brings to SMC PC systems logic technology including SuperCell design elements and the intellectual property on which EFAR built its business. In 1983, the System Products Division was founded as the first supplier of ARCNET (Attached Resource Computer NETwork) The first local area network (LAN) introduced in 1968 by Datapoint Corporation. It connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 2.5 Mbits/sec over twisted pair or coax. A 20 Mbits/sec version was introduced in 1989. PC products, one of the original LAN technologies. The division quickly established itself as an innovator, pioneering the development of advanced ARCNET LAN architecture. In 1989, SMC entered the rapidly growing Ethernet LAN market as one of the first 10BASE-T suppliers. With the goal of achieving both rapid growth in the LAN marketplace and market leadership in Ethernet by 1992, the company embarked on an acquisition strategy. SMC acquired Western Digital's LAN business in October of 1991. By the end of that year, SMC had grown the former Western Digital Ethernet business 40 percent, putting the company solidly on track to reach its Ethernet leadership goal. Always on the leading edge, the System Products Division's commitment to expanding the LAN technology envelope is supported by extensive research and development programs, and by active participation in IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. standards committees, as well as the ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. ) Forum, ASTRAL, and the Fast Ethernet Alliance. SMC's System Product Division has introduced a full range of Fast Ethernet products, in addition to a line of ATM 155 Mbps adapters. About SMC Standard Microsystems Corp. (NASDAQ: SMSC) is based in Hauppauge, N.Y., and has offices worldwide including locations in Calif., Texas., Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe, Japan and Latin America. The company has annual sales of over $300 million and an installed base of over 12 million nodes. Contact SMC by calling 1-800-SMC-4-YOU in the U.S. and Canada, or 516-435-6000 elsewhere, or visit SMC's World Wide Web Page at http://www.smc.com/. SMC CONSISTS OF TWO DIVISIONS SMC SPD (Serial Presence Detect) The method used by DIMM memory modules to communicate their capacity and features to the computer. Data such as manufacturer, size, speed, voltage and row and column addresses are stored in an EEPROM chip on the module. CPD CPD citrate phosphate dextrose; see anticoagulant citrate phosphate dextrose solution, under solution. Cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD) System Products Division Component Products Division System Products Division Component Products Division - LAN adapters - PC I/O - Workgroup hubs - PC LAN controllers - Workgroup switches - Industrial networking ICs - Network management - Foundry products Note: SMC and Standard Microsystems are registered trademarks of Standard Microsystems Corp. Other products and company names are trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Standard Microsystems, Hauppauge Denise S. Behringer 516/435-6493 denise.behringer@smc.com |
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