Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS), a leading innovator of high-precision analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), and Digi-Key Corporation today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement.

Cirrus Logic''s products will be featured in Digi-Key''s print and online catalogs and will be available for purchase directly from Digi-Key. This new distribution agreement with Cirrus Logic will allow Digi-Key to fulfill the design as well as the production needs of its customers worldwide.

"Cirrus Logic''s partnership with Digi-Key provides another channel for customers of all sizes and stages of development to access Cirrus Logic products," said Bob Kromer, vice president of Worldwide Sales, Cirrus Logic. "As a premier catalog distributor, Digi-Key strengthens Cirrus Logic''s ability to serve our customers worldwide through their strength in sales, engineering support and logistics."

"We are pleased to represent Cirrus Logic and add this innovative company to our line card," comment Mark Larson, Digi-Key president and COO. "We anticipate that Cirrus Logic''s expansive line of audio ICs as well as its ARM-based microprocessors will be of substantial interest and appeal to the many customers from around the globe that we serve on a daily basis."

One of the world''s fastest growing distributors of electronic components, Digi-Key currently ships product to more than 130 countries.

Cirrus Logic''s products include high-precision analog and mixed-signal audio ICs for consumer, professional and automotive entertainment applications, as well as high-precision analog and mixed-signal ICs for industrial applications such as industrial measurement, analytical instruments, consumer utility, digital power meters and seismic systems. Cirrus logic also develops embedded processor ICs such as audio-optimized digital signal processors for consumer and professional audio applications, and ARM-based embedded processors for consumer and industrial applications.