Dialog Semiconductor Wins GSA Outstanding European Company Award For Third Consecutive Year

Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB:DLG), a provider of highly integrated innovative power management, audio and short range wireless technologies, has won the 2011 Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award.

The EMEA award category was established in 2009 and has been won by Dialog on each occasion since its inauguration. Dialog joins a select group of companies that have won a GSA Award category in three consecutive years.

Now in its 16th year, the GSA Awards recognise semiconductor companies that demonstrate strength in market leadership/competition, product lines, innovation, corporate management and overall likelihood of long-term success.

The GSA's president, Jodi Shelton, commented, 'Dialog is a true European success story and has seen consistent growth over its peers throughout a difficult economic period. It has forged successful partnerships with multiple divisions of many major OEMs around the globe and continues to deliver exceptional innovation. I'm once again delighted to present this award to Dialog.'

Dr Jalal Bagherli, CEO of Dialog Semiconductor added, 'I want to congratulate the team at Dialog, whose hard work has secured this most prestigious of awards for the third year running, and I would like to thank the GSA for this award and for fostering a more effective fabless European semiconductor community. We are all very proud of this achievement and honoured to be recognised by the GSA in this way.'

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Note to editors: Dialog Semiconductor creates highly integrated, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) optimised for personal portable, low energy short-range wireless, lighting, display and automotive applications. The company provides flexible and dynamic support, world-class innovation and the assurance of dealing with an established business partner.

With its unique focus and expertise in energy efficient system power management, and now with the recent addition of low energy short range wireless and VoIP technology to the portfolio, Dialog brings decades of experience to the rapid development of ICs for personal portable applications including smartphones, tablet PCs, digital cordless phones and gaming applications.

Dialog's power management processor companion chips are essential for enhancing both the performance in terms of extended battery lifetime and the consumers' multimedia experience. With world-class manufacturing partners, Dialog operates a fabless business model.

Dialog Semiconductor plc is headquartered near Stuttgart with a global sales, R&D and marketing organisation. In 2010, it had $296.6 million in revenue and was one of the fastest growing European public semiconductor companies. It currently has approximately 600 employees. The company is listed on the Frankfurt (FWB: DLG) stock exchange and is a member of the German TecDax index.

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