Redmond, WA and Chandler, AZ – Data I/O and Microchip Technology will cooperate to further develop their respective and mutual customer bases. Both companies will direct increased resources for closer customer support at the device level as well as local sales and marketing cooperation.
 
Bruce D. Rodgers, VP of sales and marketing Americas/Asia for Data I/O, said, “Our companies have had a successful relationship for some time, and this agreement recognizes that we can further strengthen ties to better serve our many mutual customers in Asia, Europe and the Americas. This agreement is equally important because Microchip and Data I/O see the potential business growth associated with a closer working relationship, which allows customers to benefit from increased early support through the many phases of volume production.”
 
Microchip Technology provides microcontroller and analog semiconductors. Data I/O Corp.makes manual and automated device programming systems.