Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. · Ottawa, ON Canada ·(OTC: ZARLF)(Toronto: ZL)

Zarlink Semiconductor wants to be a czar of communications microchips. Zarlink makes integrated circuits and optoelectronic components, such as switching, processing, and timing devices used in voice and data networking equipment. It also offers digital tuning, radio-frequency (RF), and high-performance analog chips for consumer electronics gear such as wireless phones and TV set-top boxes, as well as chips for medical devices including pacemakers and hearing aids. Zarlink's semiconductors are used in products from electronics makers such as Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Nokia, and Siemens. More than three-quarters of the company's sales are outside of North America. To read the full description, subscribe now.