Energy Micro in distribution agreement with Omniscient for India

September 16th, 2010 - Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller company, today announced the appointment of Omniscient Electronics as an approved distributor in India. The agreement sees Omniscient providing local support for Energy’s complete family of EFM32 Gecko low power MCUs, based on the ARM® Cortex™ M3 processor core.

Specialised in semiconductor component distribution, Omniscient integrate technical sales, design services and supply chain solutions for semiconductor manufacturers, OEMs and EMS service providers on a local, regional basis. The company is headquartered in Bangalore and has branches in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Secunderabad.

Mr.T.V.Deshikan, Director at Omniscient Electronics said, "Our mission statement, ‘Growth through leadership, innovation, quality and commitment,’ aligns perfectly with the Energy Micro ethos. The technology leadership position Energy Micro has taken on ultra low power MCUs, and the speed with which it is extending its product line, makes them an exciting business partner to work with."

Bryan Hung, VP Sales APAC, Energy Micro said, "There is no doubting the important role India is taking, and will take in the future, in the global electronics industry and its important for us to find a distributor partner with the right mix of geographic reach and technical competence to support the broadest possible range of energy sensitive applications. We look forward to working with Omniscient."

Energy Micro’s EFM32 Gecko microcontroller family consumes a fraction of the energy required by other 8, 16 and 32-bit microcontroller solutions. The energy friendly EFM32 Gecko microcontroller is in full production, and details of the software and pin-compatible Tiny Gecko and Giant Gecko products have also been announced. The Gecko microcontrollers are supported by the energyAware tool suite and a large community of suppliers providing IDE/compilers, debug systems, development kits and real time operating systems. For further information visit www.energymicro.com

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About Energy Micro
Energy Micro develops, markets and sells the world's most energy friendly microcontrollers, based on the industry leading ARM® Cortex™-M3 32-bit architecture. The company was founded in 2007 by experienced semiconductor professionals with previous expertise from Chipcon, Texas Instruments, Atmel, Nordic Semiconductor. Energy Micro is backed by leading Nordic investors Northzone Ventures and Investinor. More information on Energy Micro is available at www.energymicro.com

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