The story behind Semtech's [NASDAQ:SMTC] mammoth success goes back five decades. A leading provider of analog and mixed signal semiconductors takes a leaf out of its organizational history of never succumbing to adversities. Going through a brief stint in the 1980s, where the company had difficulty recovering from certain challenges, Semtech diversified its services and emerged as a survivor. Today the company provides a plethora of proprietary solutions to solve complex problems in the semiconductor arena. While the 'small form-high power' semiconductors are revolutionizing the way enterprises work, communicate, and utilize power, Semtech with a market cap of $1.9 billion, is anchoring at the helm of this revolution by supplying analog and mixed signal semiconductor platforms for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipments.

With recent forecasts depicting favorable times for the industry ahead, a major challenge that plagues semiconductor companies today is to find ways to produce more energy-efficient electronics. Semtech has brought a differentiated approach here by providing greener, smarter and more compact power solutions. "Our products are differentiated by innovation, size, and performance and cover sectors such mobile, wireless, and datacenters," remarks Mohan Maheswaran, President and CEO, Semtech. With Maheswaran's roots going back to Sri Lanka, followed close with schooling in the UK and a professional career in the U.S. Maheswaran transpires his diverse cultural understanding into his leadership at Semtech. This aspect of the firm has been one of its greatest strengths to understand the needs of the diverse customers and adapt to the relevant technology to deliver solutions. At Semtech, engineers constitute more than 50 percent of the work force. With 31 offices worldwide and housing more than 1200 employees, it's a nucleus of a globally diverse management team.

Focus on Greater Bandwidth, Miniaturization

Fostering an effective ecosystem in the semiconductor industry through their constant drive for innovation, Semtech broadly follows three paradigms-green standards, miniaturization and high bandwidth application. While green standards focus on eco-friendly devices which are the need of the hour for sustainable development; miniaturization reflects on the market demand for smaller, highly integrated, and ultra-low power products. Lastly, high bandwidth applications for speedy delivery of voice, video, and data transmissions in devices and networks.

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