Frequently Asked Questions
Learn more about SiGe Semiconductor's capabilities, history, and operations through the answers to these frequently asked questions.
Who is SiGe Semiconductor?
SiGe is a privately-held fabless semiconductor company with offices in Boston, Ottawa, Hong Kong, London, and San Diego. The company was founded in 1996 as SiGe Microsystems, a spinoff from the National Research Council of Canada. In 2001, the name was changed to SiGe Semiconductor to more accurately reflect the company's core competencies: RF devices manufactured primarily using silicon germanium BiCMOS technologies.
Who are SiGe’s customers?
Industry-leading consumer electronics companies from around the world look to SiGe to bring wireless functionality to their products. You will find SiGe devices in many of the world's most respected and recognized brands in computing, gaming and mobile communications. SiGe is a trusted, proven, high-volume supplier and has shipped more than 250 million products since its inception.
What is SiGe’s market share?
In 2007, SiGe had the #1 market share in the WLAN space with more than 20 percent share of the amplifier / front end module (PA/FEM) segment. Our Wi-Fi products are not only found in laptop computers, but also access points, desktop and portable computing and gaming devices. Our GPS solutions can be found in several of the leading GPS consumer devices. With proven technologies and an expanding customer base, SiGe is well positioned to continue leading these and other wireless markets.
What are SiGe's revenues?
SiGe’s revenue was greater than $69M (USD) for the year-ending 31 December 2007. The company has achieved 139% CAGR since 2003, and has been recognized for its pace of growth in the Deloitte Fast 500, Wireless Fast 50 and Technology Fast 50 (New England) ratings.
What are SiGe’s main products?
SiGe specializes in front end radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers, front end modules (FEMs) integrating power amplifiers (PAs), switches, filters, and low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) as well as GPS receivers and WiMAX power amplifiers. The company supplies its products in discrete package, FEM and chipscale formats.
Does SiGe develop only silicon germanium ICs?
No, a fabless semiconductor company, SiGe is technology agnostic, which enables us to choose the best process for each customer requirement. We have broad and deep radio frequency (RF) system expertise, and work with multiple RF processes including SiGe BiCMOS, GaAs HBT, and GaAs pHEMT. There are inherent cost, performance, and integration advantages provided by silicon germanium BiCMOS, and we are a leader in offering products based on this technology in the RF marketplace.
What markets does SiGe serve?
SiGe supplies RF solutions to the home entertainment, mobile device, and computing segments of the consumer electronics marketplace. SiGe’s products can be found in laptop, desktop, and portable computers as well as mobile phones, personal navigation devices, personal media players, gaming systems, network access points, and similar products from the world’s most recognized consumer electronics brands.
What makes SiGe Semiconductor unique?
SiGe has the RF design expertise and volume production capabilities in place to meet and exceed the demands of the wireless marketplace. Our products offer a unique combination of performance, power efficiency, size, and cost that makes them the best choice for many applications, including wireless home entertainment systems, personal and embedded computing, and mobile devices. Our compact, high performance RF modules allow OEMs to quickly and easily add complex wireless functionality to their consumer electronics devices, for ease of design and rapid time to market.
What’s the extent of SiGe Semiconductor’s support network?
With offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, SiGe supports customers worldwide. Committed to customer service throughout the entire purchasing process, we staff each location with specialists who have the necessary skills to provide outstanding customer application support, supply chain management, sales, and customer service. In addition our world wide locations are each supported with nationally recognized representatives and distributors.
