Semtech

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Semtech Corporation is an American 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.[1]

Semtech is the developer of LoRa, a long-range networking initiative for the Internet of Things.[2] As of March 2021, over 178 million devices use LoRa worldwide.[3] LoRa has been used in satellites, tracking of animals,[4] UAV radio control,[5] and natural disaster prediction,[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] Semtech's chips were utilized in products using the Amazon Sidewalk protocol,[9] as well as to monitor water leaks.[10] A collaboration with Unabiz to produce IoT devices that use both Semtech's LoRaWAN as well as Unabiz's Sigfox systems was announced in July 2023.[11] Semtech additionally offers HDMI to SDI converter chips[12] as well as LoRa transceiver with global coverage.[13] Semtech also offers cloud connectivity and Voice over LTE services.[14][15]

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.[16][17]

In March 2012, it bought Gennum Corporation, a supplier of high-speed analog semiconductors, for approximately Template:CADScript error: No such module "String".million (Template:US$Script error: No such module "String".million).[18] In the same month, they acquired Cycleo SAS, a supplier of wireless semiconductor products, for $5 million in cash.[19][20][21]

In August 2022, Semtech agreed to buy Canadian technology company Sierra Wireless in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.2 billion including debt.[22] The acquisition completed in January 2023.[23]

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