Microsemi Wins "Outstanding Components Vendor" Award from Light Reading

"Microsemi is honored to be recognized by Light Reading editors and the analyst team from Heavy Reading as the outstanding components vendor for 2018," said Babak Samimi, vice president and business unit manager at Microsemi. "As finalists of last year's award, we are excited to win the prestigious recognition this year, as it demonstrates our team's ongoing achievements and validates our commitment to the industry and our customers."

Microsemi received the top honor for its unique innovation, industry-leading product portfolio, performance and ability to set industry trends. The judges highlighted the newest member of Microsemi's award-winning DIGI OTN processors franchise, the DIGI-G5, which supports new 5G optimized architecture enabling the stringent synchronization, latency and network slicing requirements being placed on optical networks to support 5G deployments.

"Microsemi is an outstanding innovator in a competitive semiconductor market, and we were pleased to recognize its leadership in developing next-generation technology for the communications market," said Ray Le Maistre, Light Reading's editor-in-chief. "Our editors evaluated hundreds of high quality submissions and selected Microsemi based on its exceptional performance and unique product innovation, which stood out amongst competing companies."

Light Reading recognized Microsemi and other winners on May 14 during an awards dinner in Austin, Texas. A complete listing of the winners can be found at https://www.lightreading.com/automation/leading-lights-2018-the-winners/d/d-id/743054.

About Light Reading
Light Reading (https://www.lightreading.com) is a digital media and research business providing news, analysis, events, consulting and marketing solutions for the communications industry. The company combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions. It is the ultimate source of telecom analysis for over 500,000 subscribers each month and leads the media sector in terms of traffic, content and reputation. Light Reading produces over 15 events and conferences/workshops each year including its flagship event, the 'Big Communication Event', the annual meeting place for the global telecommunications industry. For more information contact [email protected] or visit www.lightreading.com.

About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; enterprise storage and communication solutions, security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products; Ethernet solutions; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and has approximately 4,800 employees globally. Learn more at www.microsemi.com.

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