MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In today's environment sole-sourced analog products are mission critical to customers' products. Sipex is taking security of supply very seriously. "All of our products will have second-source fabrication sourcing by the end of the third quarter," said Ed Lam, Senior VP of Marketing at Sipex. "Our engagements with market makers require us to provide this security. It is our desire to support customers better than any other analog semiconductor supplier."
This commitment to customers is the essence of the "Solved by Sipex" moniker that the company has embraced. Customer support, both technically and for business reasons, is a key driver of the company's transformation.
Sipex announced moving to a fabless model in the third quarter of 2005. Their partner, Silan IC, is located in Hangzhou, China. The company has recently engaged with Episil Technologies, Inc. in Hsinchu, Taiwan to supply additional power and interface products. This provides two wafer sources for the majority of the power and interface products. The more advanced power and optical products are manufactured at Polar Semiconductor, Inc. in Bloomington, Minnesota and Jazz Semiconductor in Newport Beach, California. Polar recently transferred its technology to Jazz. This provides an additional source for critical new products such as the SP6685 LED Driver for Camera Flash currently being ramped into production at leading handset manufacturers.
"Our low cost commodity strategy has its foundation of low cost manufacturing out of Greater China," said Joel Camarda, Senior VP of Operations for Sipex. "Our more advanced proprietary products are currently being manufactured at Polar and will also be available from Jazz."
Sipex ships over 60 million units per quarter into many significant end markets that require security of supply. Their process needs vary from pure Bipolar to more advanced BiCMOS technology.
About Sipex
Sipex Corporation is a semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and markets high-performance, value-added analog integrated circuits. Sipex serves the broad analog signal processing market with interface, power management and optical storage ICs for use in automotive, portable products, computing, communications, and networking infrastructure markets. The Company is headquartered in Milpitas, California, with additional offices in Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, and Taiwan. Sipex sells its products direct and through its distribution channels. For more information about Sipex, visit http://www.sipex.com/ .
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