Semtech

Semtech Corporation is a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms for consumer, enterprise computing, communications and industrial end-markets. It is based in Camarillo, Ventura County, Southern California. It was founded in 1960 in Newbury Park, California. It has 32 locations in 15 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia.[5]

Semtech Corporation
TypePublic
Nasdaq: SMTC
S&P 400 Component
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded1960 (1960)
Newbury Park, California
HeadquartersCamarillo, California
Key people
Rockell N. Hankin (Chairman of the Board), Mohan R. Maheswaran (President and CEO) [1]
ProductsSemiconductors
Revenue$627 million USD (2019) [2]
63.1 million USD (2019) [3]
Number of employees
1,335 (2019) [4]
Websitewww.semtech.com

Semtech is the developer of LoRa, a long-range networking initiative for the Internet of Things.[6] As of March 2021, over 178 million devices use LoRa worldwide.[7] LoRa has been used in satellites, tracking of animals,[8] UAV radio control,[9] and natural disaster prediction,[10]

Semtech has been publicly traded since 1967. In 1995, Semtech ranked fifth on the Bloomberg 100 list of top-performing stocks of 1995 on the New York and American stock exchanges and the NASDAQ National Market.[11]

Products

Semtech offers a variety of products, including LoRa, a long-range, low-power networking platform; receivers and transmitters; touch and proximity devices; wireless charging; and power management solutions.[12]

Acquisitions

In December 1999, Semtech bought USAR Systems Inc., a maker of embedded devices for handheld and notebook computers, for $26.7 million in stock.[13][14]

In March 2012, it bought Gennum Corporation, a supplier of high-speed analog semiconductors, for approximately CAD$500 million (US$494 million).[15] In the same month, they acquired Cycleo SAS, a supplier of wireless semiconductor products, for $5 million in cash.[16][17][18]

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