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| Zarlink Semiconductor delivers world-leading, mixed-signal chip technologies for a broad range of communication and medical applications. The company's core capabilities include network timing solutions that manage time-sensitive communication applications over wireless and wired networks, line circuits supporting high-quality voice services over broadband connections, and ultra low-power radios enabling new wireless medical devices and therapies. Serving the world's largest original equipment manufacturers, Zarlink's highly integrated chip solutions help customers simplify design, lower costs and reach market quickly. |
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New Product Thrusts |
| Synchronous Ethernet timing chips; voice interface products for voice-over-IP and voice-over-cable deployments; ultra-low power wireless radios for medical telemetry. |
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Research and Development |
| Zarlink holds a strong portfolio of intellectual property, numbering about 2,100 patents and pending applications in key technologies such as voice and packet processing, optical, RF, and digital design. In Fiscal 2009, R&D spending was US$46.0 million, or 20% of revenue.
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Operations |
| Zarlink sells products to 3,000 customers in more than 100 countries. It has R&D centers in Ottawa (Canada); San Diego, Phoenix, Austin and Reading (U.S.A.); Jarfalla (Sweden); and Caldicot and Plymouth (UK). Zarlink operates specialized fabrication centers in Caldicot and Jarfalla. |
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FY2010 Revenue: US $204.7 million |
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