Microsemi Launches Master Distributor Program with Avnet USI to Optimize High Reliability Discrete Sales Growth Opportunities

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, and Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a leading global technology distributor, today announced Microsemi has launched a master distributor program with Avnet USI, part of the company's defense/aerospace specialty distribution business. The two-tiered distribution program, where Avnet USI will sell products exclusively to other distributors, beginning with select integrated circuit and high reliability discrete products, was designed to optimize sales growth opportunities for the company worldwide.