Dialog Semiconductor PLC is a German

Germany

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-based manufacturer of semiconductor

Semiconductor

A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...

 based system solutions. The company is registered in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 but headquartered in Kirchheim unter Teck

Kirchheim unter Teck

Kirchheim unter Teck is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is situated near the Teck castle, approximatively 25 km southeast of Stuttgart...

, a town in the Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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 metropolitan area

Stuttgart Region

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. Dialog Semiconductor develops integrated circuit

Integrated circuit

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s for power and motor control as well as audio and display processing. Their products are mainly used within mobile phones and the automotive industry. Dialog Semiconductor is fabless, but maintains own test and physical laboratories at its headquarters in Kirchheim.

The company generated a revenue of about 17 million dollars in 2002, 160 million dollars in 2008 and 296 million dollars in 2010, making it one of the fastest growing semiconductor companies in Europe. Customers include Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a joint venture established on October 1, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to manufacture mobile phones....

, Apple, Bosch

Robert Bosch GmbH

Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...

, Sharp

Sharp Corporation

is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first...

 and Samsung

Samsung

The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...

.

On the 10th February 2011, Dialog semiconductor announced that it had completed a transaction to acquire SiTel Semiconductor B.V. (“SiTel”), a leader in short-range wireless, digital cordless and VoIP technology.

The company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Frankfurt Stock Exchange

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 and is one of the thirty TecDAX

TecDAX

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 companies.

History

Dialog Semiconductor originated from the European operations of International Microelectronic Products, Inc. – a Silicon Valley company founded in 1981

• 1989 - Dialog Semiconductor formed as part of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
  Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
  Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm was a German aerospace company formed as the result of several mergers in the late 1960s. Among its best-known products was the MBB Bo 105 light twin helicopter...
  
  (part of Daimler-Benz)
• March 1998 - Roland Pudelko appointed to CEO
• 1999 - Dialog Semiconductor plc formed, launched on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• October 2005 – Jalal Bagherli appointed to CEO, replacing Roland Pudelko
• February 2007 - Opens audio / power management R&D design centre in Edinburgh
• November 2008 - Wins NMI Award for SmartXtend PMOLED display driver technology
• February 2009 – Launches world’s first configurable power management IC
• September 2009 – Relocates to new Swindon facility
• October 2009 – Launches company’s first standalone audio codec
• December 2009 – Wins GSA’s EMEA Leadership Council award, and Elektra Company of the year / fabless semiconductor supplier of the year awards
• December 2010 – Launches world’s first 2D-3D image conversion IC for portable devices, wins GSA’s EMEA Leadership Council Award
• January 2011 – Opens larger Edinburgh audio / power management R&D design facility
• February 2011 – Acquires SiTel Semiconductor B.V.

Main markets

• Audio and power management
• Automotive and industrial
• Displays
• Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECTs) and VoIP

Locations

• Europe
  • Swindon, UK
  • Reading, UK
  • Nabern, Germany
  • Den Bosch, the Netherlands
  • Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Germering, Germany
  • Graz, Austria
  • Athens, Greece

• Asia
  • Taiwan
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Seoul, Korea
  • Singapore
  • Hong Kong, China

• Americas
  • Santa Clara, California, USA