Silicon Laboratories
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Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB) is a mixed signal fabless semiconductor company based in Austin, Texas.
The company was founded in 1996 by three veterans from the former Crystal Semiconductors – Nav Sooch, Dave Welland and Jeff Scott. The company's CEO is Necip Sayiner.
The company has three main product business lines:
- Wireline - led by Dave Bresemann
- Broadcast - led by Tyson Tuttle
- Microcontrollers - led by Derrell Coker.
Silicon Laboratories has about 550 employees worldwide.
The company recently purchased a building in downtown Austin and is in the process of consolidating all Austin employees in that single location. [1]
[edit] Acquisition of the Cellular Communications Business
- 2007-02-08, NXP Semiconductors announced that it is to acquire Silicon Labs' Cellular Communications Business. [2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Silicon Labs completes downtown deal", Austin Business Journal, 2006-March-31
- ^ NXP Semiconductors