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## 3. Continuous innovation 

Dialog has a strategy of continuous innovation, focusing on new power-saving solutions and design methodologies in the personal portable device market, while partnering with our foundries on advanced production processes. This year we have: 

■ Developed new building blocks to drive much higher current than was ever possible before, supporting extended play time between battery charges, faster charging and batteries that do not discharge as quickly for a wider range of tablet and smartphone devices. 

■ This includes pioneering work on the use of a multiphase buck architecture, 0.13 micron BCD technology. 

■ We also licensed the ARM® Cortex™ M0 processor to integrate a standard 32-bit processor into mixed signal PMICs for the first time in the industry. 

These technological advances are helping us to provide superior digital processing capabilities and better power management functions that can be produced in exceptionally high volumes at competitive prices. 

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## 4. Select acquisitions and strategic co‑operations for access to innovative differentiating technologies 

Dialog continues to evaluate select acquisition opportunities in segments that complement our existing core strengths and provide differentiation, building on the successful purchase of SiTel and integration of its wireless connectivity solutions into our business last year. We are also partnering with innovative start-ups on a range of new technologies. This year we have partnered with: 

■ A pioneer in the use of MEMS-based silicon timing solutions that replace legacy quartz products to offer unsurpassed performance, reliability and flexibility with the lowest cost of ownership. 

■ A start-up that is taking an innovative new approach to power conversion for multiple markets, including smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks™ and data centres, based on switch capacitive techniques. The technology facilitates the use of smaller inductive components, resulting in increased efficiency and an overall higher power density factor over and above today’s competing technologies. 

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