Catalyst Semiconductor Inc.

• Public
• US

Dow Jones Description

We design, develop and market a broad line of reprogrammable non-volatile memory products and analog/mixed-signal semiconductor products. Our products are used by manufacturers of electronic products in a wide range of consumer, computing, communications, industrial and automotive applications. We generally target high-volume markets for our cost-effective, high quality products. The market for our non-volatile memory is highly competitive and market participants have relatively weak pricing power. Average selling prices (ASPs) of our non-volatile memory products have declined over time and prices are sensitive to conditions in our OEM customers target markets. In general, we expect the average selling price for a given memory product to decline over time, primarily due to market competition, product availability and manufacturing capacity. In response to that trend, we continue to work with our foundries and other vendors to increase the manufacturing efficiency of our products. Through periods of tight manufacturing capacity and cyclical downturns, we have demonstrated consistent long-term commitment to the memory products market. We have leveraged our extensive experience in high-volume, reprogrammable memory products to develop complementary analog/mixed-signal products. We have strengthened and expanded the expertise of our research and development team by establishing our own development center in Bucharest, Romania. ...

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Number of Employees 169

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