Sunnyvale, CA and Bristol UK. – September 16th, 2009 — XMOS, the leader in event-driven processors™, today announced a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Corporation, one of the world’s fastest growing distributors of electronic components.
XMOS’ complete range of event-driven processors and development boards are in stock and ready to ship from Digi-Key. This includes XMOS’ new XS1-L1 chip targeted at the mass electronics market with a sub $5 price point. The XS1-L family provides embedded software developers with an energy-efficient, scalable, multi-core solution which enables them to build complete systems combining interface, DSP and control functions entirely in software.
James Foster, CEO at XMOS, said, “Digi-Key plays a dominant role in serving design engineers and the prototyping market, as well as a rapidly expanding role in supplying production quantities for OEMs and contract manufacturers in the mass market. This fits XMOS’ customer profile extremely well. Digi-Key will provide XMOS with greater product exposure and access to an even larger customer base. We are now able to better address the vast pool of engineers across a broad range of markets who turn to Digi-Key for immediate shipment and superb quality of service. We are very pleased to be part of Digi-Key’s product line.”
“We are very pleased to announce this new partnership with XMOS,” said Dave Doherty, vice president of semiconductor products for Digi-Key. “We always have opportunities on our line card for unique and innovative products that are a good match for Digi-Key’s global customer base. We are certain customers will appreciate having access to XMOS’ event-driven processors through Digi-Key."
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Sally Doherty, XMOS, Venturers House, King Street, Bristol, BS1 4PB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)117 927 6004 sally@xmos.com
Fax: +44 (0)117 915 4088 www.xmos.com
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About Digi-Key Corporation
One of the world's fastest growing distributors of electronic components, Digi-Key has earned its reputation as an industry leader through its total commitment to service and performance. As a full-service provider of both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components, Digi-Key has been ranked #1 for Overall Performance for 17 consecutive years from among the nation's more than 200 distributors (EE Times Distribution Study/August 2008). Offering more than 1.5 million products from nearly 400 quality name-brand manufacturers, Digi-Key's commitment to inventory is unparalleled. Access to the company's broad product offering is available 24/7 at Digi-Key's top-rated website, www.digikey.com.
