Silicon Laboratories acquires Silembia

"Silembia's expertise augments Silicon Laboratories' core competencies and
enhances our ability to accelerate the development of differentiated IC
solutions for both new and existing markets," said Necip Sayiner, president
and CEO of Silicon Laboratories.

The Silembia acquisition brings a veteran design team with more than a
decade of experience in digital demodulation and system architecture design.
The team, which will join Silicon Laboratories' mixed-signal design center
in Rennes, France, has proven expertise in advanced error control coding and
has developed silicon solutions leveraging experience in multi-carrier
modulation used in many emerging broadcast and wireline communication
standards.

"We are pleased to be matched with Silicon Laboratories' design
team, and we are convinced that the combination of our technologies will
result in a long-term competitive advantage," said Bernard Badefort,
president and chief executive officer of Silembia.