The year has almost come to an end and it is time for us to thank our customers and partners for a great 2010. While 2009 was highly affected by the meltdown of the real estate market and the falling of related domino stones, such as consumer spending and electronic production output, the current year will be remembered by an enormous recovery of the semiconductor industry. In fact, the market was restored in such a pace, that some of our customers and us were taken by surprise at times.

Hence, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to some of you for not always being able to cope with the high demand resulting in the occasional production stops. While capacities have been increased continuously at all our supply partners, the situation remains tight also well into 2011 and we will be experiencing long lead times at least through Q1 and perhaps well into Q2.

In this newsletter, we have various contributors from our partners and customers sharing insights into their business and product roadmaps. We also have compiled a summary of our Voice of the Customer survey, that we conducted early 2010. We are encouraged by the invaluable feedback given and are glad to have received such a positive response from our customers.

Lastly, if you happen to make your way to visit CARTES in Paris, pls. make your way to the AdvanIDe booth, where our team will be happy to meet you.
Sincerely,