Active-Semi Ships One Billion Power ICs
Developer of Power Management ICs, Energy-saving Power Conversion Architectures and Power-Saving LED Drivers Marks Major Milestone
SAN JOSE, – June 5, 2012 – Active-Semi International, an innovative development of power management ICs, power conversion architectures, and power-saving LED drivers, has shipped it billionth power IC. The company announced the milestone during its eighth year of providing industry-leading products to customers.
In 2004, Active-Semi introduced its first product, shipping over 400,000 units. Sales in 2005 quickly dwarfed those numbers, achieving 18 million units. Since then, Active-Semi has continued to grow significantly.
“In their first five years, Active achieved an impressive 500 million units in sales,” said Winston Fu, board member and General Partner of U.S. Venture Partners. “However, it only took them a little over two years to double their sales to the billion unit mark. With a 10% market share of global mobile phone AC/DC charger ICs, Active ships over 120 million analog power ICs into this market annually. They will see another large increase as they move into the incandescent light replacement market. This market is huge.”
“When we first started in 2004, we looked forward to this day,” said Steven Huynh, Founder and CTO of Active-Semi. “Innovation in meeting the needs of our customers has brought us this far in just a few short years. Our team has delivered a low defect rate and excellent overall customer satisfaction. With the addition of our latest regulators supporting up to 60 watts, we will see rapid growth in the exploding tablet and smart phone markets.”
“Active’s Analog Engineering Team consists of roughly 70 top-notch engineers who amaze me with their creativity. I am very proud of the whole team,” said Larry Blackledge, CEO of Active-Semi. “These engineering ‘heavy hitters’ enable Active to bring incredible solutions to market, such as the Active Direct Drive(TM) LED driver. Our supply chain management and process improvements enabled our first billion units and have paved the way for the high-demand incandescence light replacement market. Active Direct Drive LED solutions resolve a broad range of engineering issues while enabling LED bulb designs with the lowest component-count in the market today.”
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