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Rochester Electronics, LLC today announced that it has entered into a continuing solution agreement with Atmel Corporation, a global leader in microcontroller and touch technologies. This new agreement will provide customers a continuing supply of end-of-life products discontinued by Atmel.
As products reach the end of their normal life cycle, there are many industries that critically require extended product support. Many industries often need to support programs for 10, 20 or more years. With the average life cycle of a semiconductor being less than five years, customers could face massive re-design and re-qualification costs.
“This agreement with Rochester gives our customers confidence to continue designing with Atmel products regardless of the product life cycle,” said Dave Esto, Senior Director of Channel Sales, Atmel Corporation. “Rochester will continue supporting all customers that are currently using Atmel devices, even if the products have reached their end-of-life.”
“We are committed to giving the very best product support, service and programs to Atmel and their customers,” said Chris Gerrish, President of Rochester Electronics. “We are continuing to expand all of our operations, including recent key developments in technology, packaging and test. For those industries that require continuing production and maintenance support, we will do everything possible to have it in stock or manufacture it.”
For more information, contact Rochester Electronics at 16 Malcolm Hoyt Drive, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950, by calling 978-462-9332; by fax at 978-462-9512; e-mail sales@rocelec.com; or on the Web at www.rocelec.com.
About Rochester Electronics, LLC
Rochester Electronics is the world’s most comprehensive solution for mature and end-of-life semiconductors. Authorized by more than 60 leading semiconductor manufacturers, Rochester acquires all remaining finished devices, wafer/die, and available intellectual property in order to manufacture the exact same device and provide a reliable, continuing source of semiconductors used in critical systems worldwide — in any quantity and for as long as needed. All components are 100% manufacturer traceable and certified. Rochester’s product offering includes 300,000+ Rochester-manufactured device types, from commercial to space-level; complete, authorized device re-creation, as well as billions of die and finished devices, in stock and ready to ship. Rochester is certified to ISO-9001:2008 and QML MIL-PRF-38535, as well as AS9120. Rochester is privately held. Sales offices are located throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. For More information, please visit www.rocelec.com.