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Poing, February 11th, 2011

Avnet Memec is strengthening its relationship with analogue and mixed-signal semiconductor specialist, Semtech Corp. Under the extended distribution agreement Avnet Memec will now provide technical and sales support for Semtech in the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions alongside the existing agreement for the rest of Europe.

“Avnet Memec has always brought high quality advanced components to our customers, backed by first-class technical design support,” said Stuart Edwards, technical manager for the UK and Ireland at Avnet Memec. “Semtech’s product range complements our technology strategy and the extension of our distribution agreement shows the success of our existing partnership.”

Alan Pritchard, Northern European sales manager for Semtech continued, “The technical team at Avnet Memec has successfully developed the European market for us and we are delighted to be extending our relationship with them. The entire European design community will now have access to our full range of leading power management, analogue and mixed signal components.”

Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of analogue and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit www.semtech.com.

Avnet Memec, a business unit of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, is a highly specialised semiconductor distributor, operating on a pan‐European basis and employing a significant number of engineers to support customers’ design efforts. Avnet Memec specialises in highly innovative suppliers and technologies, which will help a variety of customers to differentiate their designs. Its area of specialisation extends from Analog and Microcontrollers to RF, Datacom and Networking. The business unit operates out of 31 offices in 19 European countries and represents major semiconductor franchises on a pan‐European basis.
www.avnet‐memec.eu