Excelpoint's value-added distribution and supply chain management offering includes component procurement and related logistics services. Its design-in services include field application and design-and-development offerings, as well as R&D and technical expertise for OEMs, ODMs and contract manufacturers in the Asia-Pacific region. Excelpoint serves customers in such industries as telecom, consumer electronics, industrial and instrumentation electronics, automotive, computers and computer peripherals.

Last year, the company signed with Legend Silicon, co-developer of China's Digital Television Terrestrial Broadcasting System standard and provider of the standard-compliant demodulator products needed to create applications for the spec. The deal gives Excelpoint the opportunity to design and develop next-generation technologies and capabilities for set-top boxes, computer peripherals and mobile televisions. Another key partnership forged during the year was an exclusive agreement with Analog Devices Inc. for mobile TV that complements the collaboration with Legend Silicon. Excelpoint also inked a deal with programmable-logic device manufacturer Xilinx Inc. to design and market high-end applications using complex IC designs.

Excelpoint executives say they will continue to invest in R&D capabilities.