Avnet, Inc. today announced a distribution agreement with SiTime Corporation, a MEMS and analog semiconductor company and wholly owned subsidiary of MegaChips Corporation. Effective immediately, Avnet will offer SiTime’s MEMS oscillators in the Americas and Asia, excluding Japan.
SiTime offers MEMS-based silicon timing solutions that can replace legacy quartz products, providing greater performance, programmability, simplified board layout and reduced cost. SiTime’s product line includes 60 base product families and over 200,000 individual parts.
“Timing devices are an essential driving force for all digital electronic systems, and the innovations SiTime has introduced, like the SiT8021, provide the size, power and reliability characteristics that are so crucial for next-generation wireless solutions, including IoT devices, wearables and other mobile applications,” said Lynn Torrel, senior vice president, semiconductor business development, worldwide, Avnet Electronics Marketing.
“Expanding our portfolio with SiTime’s pioneering MEMS-based solutions extends our ability to support customers in the development of industry-leading IoT devices and systems.”
“SiTime and Avnet are well aligned to drive and fulfill the rapidly increasing demand for SiTime’s timing products. Avnet offers extensive market coverage, world class supply chain services and excellent design-in capabilities that will accelerate the adoption of MEMS timing,” said Mark Lunsford, executive vice president of sales, SiTime.
“We believe SiTime’s leading timing solutions offer tremendous benefits to Avnet’s expansive base customers.”
