company fwb dlg industry electrical engineering founded 1981 headquarters reading united kingdom operational london united kingdom registered office key people richard beyer chairman jalal bagherli ceo products semiconductors integrated circuits revenue us 1 156.1 million 2014 1 operating income us 185.9 million 2014 1 profit us 138.1 million 2014 1 total assets us 1 005.9 million 2014 1 total equity us 623.6 million 2014 1 number of employees 1500 july 2015 2 website 1 dialog semiconductor plc is a uk based manufacturer of semiconductor based system solutions . the company is headquartered in the united kingdom in reading a town outside london with a global sales r & d and marketing organization . dialog creates highly integrated standard assp and custom asic mixed signal integrated circuits ics optimised for smartphone computing iot led solid state lighting ssl and smart home applications . dialog brings decades of experience to the rapid development of ics while providing flexible and dynamic support world class innovation and the assurance of dealing with an established business partner . with world class manufacturing partners dialog operates a fabless business model but maintains its own test and physical laboratories at its office in kirchheim . 3 in 2015 it had approximately 1.35 billion in revenue and was one of the fastest growing european public semiconductor companies . it currently has approximately 1 650 employees worldwide . the company is listed on the frankfurt fwb dlg stock exchange regulated market prime standard isin gb0059822006 and is a member of the german tecdax index . on 10 february 2011 dialog announced that it had completed a transaction to acquire sitel semiconductor b.v. 4 sitel a leader in short range wireless digital cordless and voip technology . in july 2013 dialog announced that it has completed a transaction to acquire iwatt a leader in ac dc power conversion and solid state lighting technologies . contents 1 history 2 main markets 3 locations 4 references 5 external links history edit dialog semiconductor originated from the european operations of international microelectronic products inc. a silicon valley company founded in 1981 1989 dialog semiconductor formed as part of messerschmitt b lkow blohm part of daimler benz march 1998 roland pudelko appointed to ceo 1999 dialog semiconductor plc formed launched on the frankfurt stock exchange october 2005 jalal bagherli appointed to ceo replacing roland pudelko february 2007 opens audio power management r & d design centre in edinburgh november 2008 wins nmi award for smartxtend pmoled display driver technology february 2009 launches world s first configurable power management ic september 2009 relocates to new swindon facility october 2009 launches company s first standalone audio codec december 2009 wins gsa s emea leadership council award and elektra company of the year fabless semiconductor supplier of the year awards december 2010 launches world s first 2d 3d image conversion ic for portable devices wins gsa s emea leadership council award january 2011 opens larger edinburgh audio power management r & d design facility february 2011 acquires sitel semiconductor b.v. december 2012 new design centers in livorno italy and istanbul turkey july 2013 acquires iwatt inc. 5 december 2014 new design center in chandler arizona september 2015 announces agreement to acquire atmel . 6 this agreement was cancelled in january 2016 when atmel agreed to be purchased by microchip instead . to break the agreement atmel paid dialog a termination fee of 137.3 million . 7 main markets edit power management audio automotive and industrial bluetooth smart digital enhanced cordless telecommunications dects and voip led solid state lighting power conversion locations edit europe swindon uk reading uk edinburgh uk nabern germany germering germany den bosch the netherlands hengelo the netherlands graz austria athens greece patras greece livorno italy istanbul turkey asia taiwan tokyo japan seoul korea singapore hong kong china america santa clara california usa chandler arizona usa campbell california usa references edit a b c d e key financial statements 2008 2014 pdf . dialog semiconductor . retrieved 28 august 2015 . second quarter results 2015 pdf . dialog semiconductor . retrieved 28 august 2015 . dialog semiconductor.de dialog buys wireless voip chip firm http www.dialog semiconductor.com docs investor iwatt acquisition press release.pdf dialog semiconductor to buy u.s. peer atmel for 4.6 billion ; reuters ; september 20 2015 . assis claudia . microchip technology buys chip maker atmel in 3.56 billion deal . marketwatch . retrieved 2016 01 21 . external links edit official website v t e tecdax companies of germany updated 18.03.2013 adva optical networking aixtron bb biotech bechtle cancom ag carl zeiss meditec dialog semiconductor dr gerwerk drillisch euromicron evotec freenet ag jenoptik kontron lpkf laser & electronics morphosys nordex se pfeiffer vacuum psi ag qiagen qsc ag sartorius ag sma solar technology software ag stratec biomedical systems s ss microtec telef nica germany united internet wirecard xing retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dialog semiconductor & oldid 706339437 categories electronics companies of germanyequipment semiconductor companieshidden categories use dmy dates from august 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 22 february 2016 at 19 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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