Microsemi Completes Acquisition of Symmetricom

By Doug Lung
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Just before Thanksgiving, Microsemi Corp. announced it had completed its acquisition of Symmetricom, the manufacturer of GPS-locked NTP servers and other highly precise timekeeping technologies and systems. Symmetricom equipment is widely used in the broadcast and communications industry and their equipment is also used in national power grid systems, as well as in critical military and civilian networks.

“We look forward to integrating the talented Symmetricom team and leveraging our product and technology synergies to develop solutions that contribute to our customers' success,” said James J. Peterson, chairman of the board and CEO of Microsemi. “We are eager to drive the business forward for our stakeholders as we continue to execute Microsemi's growth strategy.”

Microsemi Corp. is a provider of high performance semiconductor solutions. The acquisition will give it a strong footprint in IT infrastructure and metrology applications as well as an opportunity to capitalize on growth opportunities for Symmetricom's chip scale atomic clock (CSAC) technology and other cutting edge products.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack. A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.