Analog specialist Linear Technology announced the opening of its first European design center in Munich, Germany. With the opening of the company's eleventh design center, Linear's Munich Design Center allows the company to further expand its analog design resources at a location that provides proximity to some of the company's key European customers. In addition to the Munich Design Center, Linear Technology has design centers in Bedford, New Hampshire; Boston, Massachusetts; Burlington, Vermont; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Grass Valley, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Raleigh, North Carolina; Santa Barbara, California; Singapore; and at the company headquarters in Milpitas, California. The manager of the new design center will be David Dwelley. He joined Linear Technology in 1988. Prior to relocating to Munich was the Design Center Manager for the Santa Barbara, California Design Center Design Center Manger for Singapore.