AnalogicTech Signs Global Distribution Agreement With Future Electronics

July 9, 2008 1:21 PM EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech(TM)) (Nasdaq: AATI), a developer of power management semiconductors for mobile consumer electronics devices, announced today it has expanded its global sales presence. A new worldwide distribution agreement with Future Electronics expands an earlier deal covering only North and South America. Under terms of the agreement, Future Electronics, one of the industry's largest distributors of electronic components, will support AnalogicTech's entire line of Total Power Management products, including switching regulators, battery managers and chargers, and white LED lighting products.

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"This agreement with Future Electronics enhances our ability to provide field engineering, sales, and support services to customers around the globe," said Bijan Mohandes, vice president of worldwide business development at AnalogicTech. "Future Electronics is a leader in lighting solutions, power management and high performance analog devices, which will allow us to further develop the market for our industry-leading white LED drivers for backlighting and energy conversion and management products. We plan to work closely with Future Electronics' Lighting Solutions Division and other vendors that supply LEDs and related devices to create comprehensive reference designs for our customers."

"We are very excited with this extension of our partnership with AnalogicTech on a global basis,", said Frantz Saintellemy, corporate vice-president of Future Electronics. "AnalogicTech's range of high performance Total Power Management products will enable Future's Advanced Engineering team to win designs in a broad range of applications where battery life, reliability, size and weight are critical decision factors for new designs.".

As the only vertically integrated industrial distributor of electronics components, Future Electronics is uniquely positioned to serve customers of all sizes. A world-class leader in the marketing and distribution of semiconductors, Future Electronics supports both large and small customers with personalized service, advanced engineering and design support and extensive inventory management programs.

About AnalogicTech

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech) is a supplier of Total Power Management(TM) semiconductor solutions for mobile consumer electronic devices, such as wireless handsets, notebook computers, smartphones, digital cameras, wireless LAN, and personal media players. The company focuses its design and marketing efforts on the application-specific power management needs of consumer, communications, and computing applications in these rapidly evolving devices. AnalogicTech also develops and licenses device, process, package, and application-related technology. AnalogicTech is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and Macau, S.A.R., with offices in China (Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, France and United Kingdom, as well as a worldwide network of sales representatives and distributors. The company is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol AATI. For more information, please visit the AnalogicTech website: http://www.analogictech.com. (AnalogicTech - G)

About Future Electronics

Future Electronics, a global leader in electronics distribution, ranks 3rd in component sales worldwide. Founded in 1968, the company has emerged as one of the most important entities in the electronics distribution industry and today, is recognized around the globe as one of the industry's most innovative organizations. This position is built upon Future's commitment to maintain close business partnerships with both suppliers and customers, coupled with the strength of its commercial and technical competencies through all stages of the design-production cycle. The company employs 5,000 staff in 167 offices on 6 continents around the world. More information is available at http://www.futureelectronics.com/

AnalogicTech and the AnalogicTech logo are trademarks of Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated. All other brand and product names appearing in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.

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