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DGAP-News: Dialog Semiconductor Plc. / Key word(s): Miscellaneous Dialog Semiconductor Plc.: Dialog Semiconductor's Bluetooth Smart Device Enters Volume Production 27.01.2014 / 07:59 --------------------------------------------------------------------- DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR'S BLUETOOTH SMART DEVICE ENTERS VOLUME PRODUCTION World's smallest and lowest power SmartBond(TM) Bluetooth v4.0 Smart SoC, targeting wearable, sport & fitness, medical and computing applications now qualified and available for design-in. London, UK, 27 January 2014 - Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC, solid state lighting and short-range wireless technologies, today announced that the DA14580 SmartBond(TM) System-on-Chip (SoC), the world's smallest and lowest power Bluetooth Smart device, is now in production. The DA14580 SmartBond(TM) SoC, more than doubles the battery life of an application-enabled smartphone accessory, wearable device or computer peripheral in comparison to competing solutions on the market. In combination with a variety of analog and digital interfaces and including an embedded ARM Cortex M0(TM) processor, the DA14580 has the lowest power available with less than 15mW active, 600 nA standby current, and with the smallest package sized at 2.5x2.5x0.5mm, is half the size of competing solutions. The DA14580 has also successfully passed the Bluetooth Qualification process. Customers can now design with this device fully confident in the knowledge that it passes the requirements of the Bluetooth v4.0 specification, which ensures customers have access to quality products that interoperate with each other across the Bluetooth ecosystem. The DA14580 is now officially listed on the Bluetooth SIG site as a certified Bluetooth controller subsystem and host. The Qualified Design ID (QDID) is used by end customers as part of their product listing when putting a product on the market. The qualification allows Dialog customers to leverage Dialog's QDID status to simplify their own qualification process. SmartBond(TM), is designed to enable consumers to use innovative new apps on their smartphones and tablets that can easily connect with watches, fitness- bands and monitors, medical, sporting remote control, computer peripherals and a vast and fast growing number of other applications. Additionally, Dialog has worked with a number of leading module manufacturers including Panasonic Industrial Devices Europe Gmbh to develop tiny modules allowing product designers with little RF expertise to rapidly create unique Bluetooth Smart applications. Panasonic selected the DA14580 for their next-generation Bluetooth Smart modules, which are expected to launch in the first quarter of 2014. Sean McGrath, Senior Vice-President & General Manager of the Connectivity, Automotive & Industrial business unit at Dialog commented, 'This is a really exciting period for us. Our experienced design team has achieved something very special and together with our early customers, we expect the DA14580 to enable breakthrough applications - Panasonic's new module being a great example. Bluetooth Smart products rely on three key aspects: low-power, optimised system cost and small form factor. The DA14580 delivers on all three of these while requiring the fewest external components when compared to competing solutions. This qualification provides our customers with further confidence that the end product they market can be sold as an official Bluetooth product, cementing consumer confidence in the product's capabilities', added McGrath. A complete development kit which enables quick and easy product development is available at the Dialog website. It allows product developers to take full advantage of the key features of the DA14580 in their specific application. The DA14580 is also delivered with SmartSnippets, a comprehensive tool suite which integrates a fully qualified Bluetooth Smart single mode stack supporting both master and slave roles. Full data and development tools are available at: http://support.dialog-semiconductor.com â?? ENDS â?? Company Contact: Lauren Ofstedahl Dialog Semiconductor Phone: +1 (408) 845-8518 lauren.ofstedahl@diasemi.com Web: www.dialog-semiconductor.com Media Contact: Lauren Ginsberg Racepoint Global Phone: +1 (617) 624-3254 lginsberg@racepointglobal.com About Dialog Semiconductor Dialog Semiconductor creates highly integrated, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), optimised for personal portable, low energy short-range wireless, LED solid state lighting and automotive applications. The company provides flexible and dynamic support, world-class innovation and the assurance of dealing with an established business partner. With its focus and expertise in energy-efficient system power management and a technology portfolio that also includes audio, short-range wireless, AC/DC power conversion and multi-touch, Dialog brings decades of experience to the rapid development of ICs for personal portable and digital consumers applications, including smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks(TM) and digital cordless phones. Dialog's power management processor companion chips increase the performance of portable devices by extending battery lifetime, enabling faster charging and enhancing the consumer's multimedia experience. With world-class manufacturing partners, Dialog operates a fabless business model. Dialog Semiconductor plc is headquartered in London with a global sales, R&D and marketing organisation. In 2013, it had approximately $910 million in revenue and was one of the fastest growing European public semiconductor companies. It currently has approximately 1,100 employees worldwide. The company is listed on the Frankfurt (FWB: DLG) stock exchange (Regulated Market, Prime Standard, ISIN GB0059822006) and is a member of the German TecDax index. It also has convertible bonds listed on the Euro MTF Market on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange (ISIN XS0757015606). End of Corporate News --------------------------------------------------------------------- 27.01.2014 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Dialog Semiconductor Plc. Tower Bridge House, St. Katharine's Way E1W 1AA London United Kingdom Phone: +49 7021 805-412 Fax: +49 7021 805-200 E-mail: jose.cano@diasemi.com Internet: www.diasemi.com ISIN: GB0059822006, XS0757015606 WKN: 927200 Indices: TecDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 249328 27.01.2014