{"47280":{"#nid":"47280","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Continues Evolving Into Chip Hub With Intersil Acquisition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta\u0027s evolution into a major hub for mixed-signal chip design continues as Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors, has acquired Quellan Inc., a privately held technology leader in the design of high-performance analog signal processing technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 2000, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Quellan currently boasts a development center located on Georgia Tech\u0027s campus in the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC). Quellan utilizes a proprietary Collaborative Signal Processing (CSP) architecture that applies adaptive noise cancellation and equalization within the analog domain to remove channel impairments in electronic equipment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis unique approach enables Quellan\u0027s ICs to remove performance-limiting impairments such as signal loss, dispersion, skew and noise in high-speed signal processing applications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This acquisition presents strong testimony for the value of Quellan\u0027s CSP  architecture,\u0022 said Joy Laskar, director of GEDC, where the original research on CSP began. \u0022It also speaks volumes about the world-class quality and the market awareness of the research at Georgia Tech and GEDC.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECombining these research developments with Intersil\u0027s goals and resources should prove to be a boon for chip advancements along with the surrounding technology and academic community.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Intersil-Quellan agreement is additional evidence of Georgia Tech\u0027s powerful economic development role,\u0022 said Stephen Fleming, vice provost of the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute and director of  the Advanced Technology Development Center. \u0022Georgia Tech research continues to benefit Georgia\u0027s economy in a variety of ways.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe relationship promises to be beneficial for both parties.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdding a world-class development center on the Georgia Tech campus allows Intersil to utilize the talent pool of students, researchers and intellectual resources while further establishing the reputation of Georgia Tech as a center for analog signal research and development.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Intersil and Georgia Tech share a common vision where advanced analog technologies enable people\u0027s lives to be more productive, enjoyable, safer and healthier,\u0022 said Intersil CEO David Bell. \u0022The partnership we are establishing today will serve to incubate breakthrough technologies and products in the future.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIntersil\u0027s products, research and technologies have become an intrinsic element in some of the fastest-growing segments of consumer electronics, including cell phones, flat-panel displays, handheld computing systems and notebooks.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe addition of Quellan to its stable provides an ideal match for the company\u0027s long-term technology goals.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are very excited to be part of the Intersil family,\u0022 said  Tony Stelliga, Quellan\u0027s chairman and CEO. \u0022Quellan\u0027s products are immediately applicable in many of Intersil\u0027s existing vertical markets, and we believe this will create opportunities in new areas of the analog IC market.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Atlanta\u0027s evolution into a major hub for mixed-signal chip design continues as Intersil Corporation, a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors, has acquired Quellan Inc., a privately held technology leader in the design of high-performance analog signal processing technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Insterisl-Quellan pact boosts Tech\u0027s role in economic developme"}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2009-10-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7748","name":"Georgia Electronic Design Center; GEDC; mixed-signal chip; Intersil"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=dfernandez8\u0022\u003EContact Don Fernandez\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}