Semtech's Sensor Interface Device Wins EE Times Ultimate Product Award
SX8724 earns listing on hottest building blocks for tomorrow's systems
Camarillo, California - July 3, 2008
Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced that its
SX8724 sensor interface device was selected as the top product in Logic/Programmable Logic & Interface design by Electronic
Engineering Times and eeProductCenter.com during the fourth quarter of 2007.
To select the Ultimate Products, the editors selected up to 10 of the most popular products posted on
www.eeProductCenter.com. Qualified readers from EE Times and eeProductCenter.com selected the
best-of-the-best top products in seven categories using their Ultimate Products survey. Then, using
an electronic balloting process, the products with their accompanying editorial reviews were sent to
1000 qualified readers. These readers scored the product by technical significance and usability scale
of 1 to 10, with 1 being the highest score. Semtech’s SX8724 was ranked as the Ultimate Product in
its category with a usability ranking of “1”.
In writing about the results, eeProductCenter’s editor, Ismini Scouras stated: “Semtech Corp.
announced the SX8724, a small sensor interface device that uses signal amplification circuitry to
directly connect pressure, temperature and magnetic sensors with a general-purpose microcontroller.
The SX8724 enables electronics to be collocated with the sensor.”
The complete article on the Ultimate Products Survey can be viewed at:
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/06/23/3512474.htm
More details on the SX8724 are at: http://www.semtech.com/products/sx8724/
“We are grateful for this acknowledgement from the editors and readers of EE Times and eeProductCenter.com and excited by
reader response to the product,” said Michel Chevroulet, Sensing Product Group Manager for Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing
Products Business Unit. “The SX8724 is a great value for smart-sensor manufacturers because it is a highly integrated part
that reduces cost, and with the ZoomingADC™ technology, allows OEMs to use lower cost sensors without sacrificing
accuracy.”
About Semtech
Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of high-quality analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products that are designed to
benefit the design engineer as well as our environment. The company is dedicated to providing customers with proprietary
solutions and breakthrough technology in power management, protection, advanced communications, test & measurement,
and wireless connectivity products. Development of our products focuses on smaller form factors, greater energy efficiency,
hazardous waste reduction, and an understanding of environmental stewardship. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed
on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, contact Semtech Corp. at 200 Flynn
Road, Camarillo, CA 93012-8790; phone (805) 498-2111; email to info@semtech.com; or visit its web site at
www.semtech.com
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Press Contact
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