SigmaTel Joins WNCG Industrial Affiliates Program
March 8, 2005
Austin, Texas - SigmaTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGTL), a leader in analog intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits and the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG) at the University of Texas at Austin, announces that SigmaTel has joined the WNCG as an Industrial Affiliate sponsor. SigmaTel, headquartered in Austin, is a worldwide market leader and technology supplier for portable digital audio players and laptop PCs. WNCG, a leading academic research center at the University of Texas, involves more than 14 engineering professors and 70 graduate and undergraduate students who are pursuing cutting edge research in next generation wireless technologies for both licensed and unlicensed services.
"The WNCG is a leading-edge research group; with renowned industry experts, high-caliber student researchers and state-of the-art research facilities," said Ron Edgerton, president and CEO of SigmaTel, Inc. "By joining this group, we can expand our research and development into new productive areas, establish a relationship with a prominent educational institution and build the groundwork for mining future highly-qualified talent."
"As a technology leader in their market, SigmaTel has become known within Austin as an important hi-tech success story," said Ted Rappaport, director of WNCG and the William and Bettye Nowlin chaired professor of the department of electrical and computer engineering for UT. "SigmaTel is wise to recognize that growth and expansion must include the augmentation of current internal research and development activities to diversify their product lines. The WNCG is a resource that will help to foster this growth by providing the infrastructure and the access to some of the brightest minds in the wireless field."
About WNCG
The Wireless Networking & Communications Group (WNCG) is a research center within the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin focused on the development of research and educational materials in fundamental areas of wireless networking. WNCG is sponsored by an active group of Industrial Affiliates, including ADC, Dell, Freescale, National Instruments, SBC, SigmaTel, Texas Instruments, Time Warner Cable, and the U.S. Department of Defense. More information about WNCG is available at www.wncg.org.
About SigmaTel
SigmaTel, Inc. a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, DVD players, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel provides complete, system-level solutions that include highly-integrated ICs, customizable firmware and software, software development tools, reference designs, and applications support. The Company's focus is on providing system-level solutions that enable customers to rapidly introduce and offer electronic products that are small, light-weight, power-efficient, reliable, and cost-effective. SigmaTel is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is committed to providing customers with high performance, quality products along with superior customer service. For more information about SigmaTel, please visit www.sigmatel.com.
