ALISO VIEJO, Calif.,
May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading
provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power,
security, reliability and performance, today announced it won Light
Reading's 2018 Leading Lights Award in the "Outstanding Components
Vendor" category. Now in its 14th year, Leading Lights
is one of the communications industry's leading awards programs,
recognizing top companies and executives for their outstanding
achievements in next-generation communications technology,
applications, services, strategies and innovations.
"Microsemi is honored to be recognized by Light Reading editors
and the analyst team from Heavy Reading as the outstanding
components vendor for 2018," said Babak
Samimi, vice president and business unit manager at
Microsemi. "As finalists of last year's award, we are excited to
win the prestigious recognition this year, as it demonstrates our
team's ongoing achievements and validates our commitment to the
industry and our customers."
Microsemi received the top honor for its unique innovation,
industry-leading product portfolio, performance and ability to set
industry trends. The judges highlighted the newest member of
Microsemi's award-winning DIGI OTN
processors franchise, the DIGI-G5, which supports new 5G optimized
architecture enabling the stringent synchronization, latency and
network slicing requirements being placed on optical networks to
support 5G deployments.
"Microsemi is an outstanding innovator in a competitive
semiconductor market, and we were pleased to recognize its
leadership in developing next-generation technology for the
communications market," said Ray Le Maistre, Light Reading's
editor-in-chief. "Our editors evaluated hundreds of high quality
submissions and selected Microsemi based on its exceptional
performance and unique product innovation, which stood out amongst
competing companies."
Light Reading recognized Microsemi and other winners on
May 14 during an awards dinner in
Austin, Texas. A complete listing
of the winners can be found at
https://www.lightreading.com/automation/leading-lights-2018-the-winners/d/d-id/743054.
About Light Reading
Light Reading
(https://www.lightreading.com) is a digital media and research
business providing news, analysis, events, consulting and marketing
solutions for the communications industry. The company combines its
research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to
help those in the global communications industry make informed
decisions. It is the ultimate source of telecom analysis for over
500,000 subscribers each month and leads the media sector in terms
of traffic, content and reputation. Light Reading produces over 15
events and conferences/workshops each year including its flagship
event, the 'Big Communication Event', the annual meeting place
for the global telecommunications industry. For more information
contact marketing@lightreading.com or
visit www.lightreading.com.
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC)
offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system
solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and
industrial markets. Products include high-performance and
radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs,
SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and
synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the
world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions;
discrete components; enterprise storage and communication
solutions, security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products;
Ethernet solutions; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well
as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is
headquartered in Aliso Viejo,
Calif., and has approximately 4,800 employees globally.
Learn more at www.microsemi.com.
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Reading's 2018 Leading Lights Award for the industry's "Outstanding
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company's most recent Form 10-K and all subsequent Form 10-Q
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