Semtech Corporation is a supplier of

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and mixed-signal

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and advanced algorithms for consumer, enterprise computing, communications and industrial end-markets. It is based in Camarillo, Ventura County, Southern California. It was founded in 1960 in Newbury Park, California. It has 32 locations in 15 countries in

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, Europe, and Asia. Semtech is the developer of '' LoRa'', a long-range networking initiative for the

Internet of Things The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other comm ...

. As of March 2021, over 178 million devices use LoRa worldwide. LoRa has been used in satellites, tracking of animals,

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, and natural disaster prediction, Semtech has been publicly traded since 1967. In 1995, Semtech ranked fifth on the Bloomberg 100 list of top-performing stocks of 1995 on the

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and

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stock exchanges and the NASDAQ National Market.

Products

Semtech offers a variety of products, including LoRa, a long-range, low-power networking platform; receivers and transmitters; touch and proximity devices; wireless charging; and power management solutions.

Acquisitions

In December 1999, Semtech bought USAR Systems Inc., a maker of embedded devices for handheld and notebook computers, for $26.7 million in stock. In March 2012, it bought Gennum Corporation, a supplier of high-speed analog semiconductors, for approximately CAD$500 million (US$494 million). In the same month, they acquired Cycleo SAS, a supplier of wireless semiconductor products, for $5 million in cash. In August 2022, Semtech agreed to buy Canadian

Internet of things The Internet of things (IoT) describes physical objects (or groups of such objects) with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other comm ...

(IoT) technology company Sierra Wireless in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.2 billion including debt.

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