Contact Information: Media Contacts: Venkat Bahl Discera, Inc. 408-432-8600 x228 venkat@discera.com Emilie Harris Lois Paul & Partners 512-638-5321 emilie_harris@lpp.com Christopher Polley ABRACON Corporation 949-546-8000 x 223 CPolley@abracon.com
Discera Signs Strategic Partnership With ABRACON to Broaden Channel for MEMS Oscillators
Leading Frequency Control Manufacturer Provides Discera With Access to Leading North American Customers and Distributors
| Source: Discera
SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 26, 2007 -- Discera, Inc., a World Leader in CMOS MEMS
resonator technology and provider of next-generation timing solutions,
announced today it has expanded its distribution channel with the addition
of a leading frequency control manufacturer, ABRACON. With the addition of
ABRACON, as well as already announced partners, Discera has further
strengthened its go-to-market channel to deliver CMOS MEMS-based resonators
to customers in all the key segments of the market. All of these
partnerships, along with their latest round of funding (see today's
separate release "Discera Raises $17.5 Million in Funding"), position
Discera as the go-to leader for companies ready to make the move from
quartz to MEMS-based oscillators.
The $1 billion oscillator market consists of four segments:
multi-frequency, high performance, mid-range, and other, such as military,
industrial and automotive. With high performance partner Vectron, and now
industrial and commercial partner ABRACON, Discera has a strong presence in
three key segments. Discera has already established a worldwide channel
with mid-range XO partners in Europe and Asia (European distributor Azzurri
Technology Ltd., Korean distributor MJL Technology Inc., Asian distributor
Excelpoint, and Japanese distributors TecStar and M-RF Company, LTD).
ABRACON'S broad coverage in North America gives Discera an instantaneous
footprint through ABRACON'S established channels.
"Given the relationships that we have forged within the distributor
community, as well as the synergies with our OEM partners, we are poised
for tremendous growth," said Venkat Bahl, vice president of marketing,
Discera, Inc. "With our relationship with ABRACON, we expand Discera's
reach into new channels such as DigiKey, and to customers where ABRACON
already has strong relationships."
ABRACON has been in business fifteen years and is one of the industry's
leading frequency control suppliers. ABRACON's well established sales
channels include some of the top distributors in North America, including
Digikey Corporation, Electrosonic, Future Electronics, Mouser Electronics,
Richardson Electronics, Allied Electronics, and Newark Electronics.
"We are very excited about partnering with Discera," said Christopher
Polley, President of ABRACON. "ABRACON's business model provides Discera
with the advantage of an existing organizational structure that can provide
their customers with immediate product availability, technical applications
support, and access to ABRACON's leading distributor network who can
provide value added supply chain services."
The electronics industry has been waiting for a reliable, scalable,
cost-effective alternative to quartz oscillators; Discera's MOS1 oscillator
has successfully been subjected to stringent reliability tests, making it
ready for volume production in 2Q07. The MOS1 oscillator family, announced
by Discera, generates frequencies between 1 to 125 MHz at 2ppm frequency
increments for a high degree of flexibility in meeting customer needs. The
product offers excellent temperature stability and very low power
consumption and is packaged in a tiny industry standard IC package,
providing a significant cost advantage over hermetically sealed packages
used by quartz based oscillators.
Discera advanced RF, multi-frequency components are available Worldwide
from leading distributors. Qualified distributors and resellers should
contact sales@discera.com to review opportunities in their respective
markets.
About ABRACON
ABRACON Corporation, founded in 1992, is a privately held California
Corporation and is a worldwide leading supplier of electronic components.
ABRACON offers a wide selection of oscillators, quartz crystals, ceramic
resonators, filters, SAW devices, inductors, and transformers. The company
is ISO9001:2000 certified with design engineering and sales offices in
California, China, Taiwan, India, Singapore, and Germany. ABRACON products
are marketed worldwide through independent manufacturer's sales
representatives and authorized distributors. More information about ABRACON
is available on the web at http://www.abracon.com.
About Discera
Discera is a fabless analog semiconductor company that offers tiny, high
performance silicon resonators for the frequency and timing control
markets. These resonators act as the heartbeat or pulse for a variety of
devices from consumer products such as cameras and MP3 players to
specialized equipment for the military. The company's PureSilicon™
resonator technology is a fundamental building block that offers, according
to Semico Research, "a better mousetrap" for creating fully integrated, low
cost, small form factor wireline and wireless products, such as
oscillators, filters, and RF components. Unlike crystal based oscillators,
Discera's PureSilicon™ based CMOS oscillators can be integrated into
other CMOS-based circuits. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Jose,
California, Discera is a privately held company with investments from
Ardesta, Partech, 3i, Qualcomm Ventures, Horizon Ventures, and Scale
Ventures. More information is available at www.discera.com.