Michael Kranz

Part of Intel Corp., Chips & Technologies, Inc. is a company that designs, develops, and markets very large-scale integrated circuit devices. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Gordon A. Campbell, Diosdado P. Banatao. Chips & Technologies was acquired by Intel Corp. on February 02, 1998 for $393.26 million.

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of intellectual property processor architectures and cores. Its products include Warrior M-Class, Warrior I-Class, Warrior-P Class, AptiveGeneration, and microMIPS ISA. The company was founded by John L. Hennessy in 1984 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. engages in the design, development, and sale of integrated circuits. The company offers System-on-a-Chip devices, which leverages technology portfolio of intellectual property in the areas of analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, and embedded and standalone integrated circuits. It also develops integrated hardware platforms along with software that incorporates digital computing technologies designed and configured to provide an optimized computing solution. The company was founded by Sehat Sutardja, Weili Dai and Pantas Sutardja in January 1995 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. develops and markets multifunction location platforms based on semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location-awareness utilizing GPS and other location technologies, enhanced by wireless connectivity and multimedia capabilities, for high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Redfern Integrated Optics, Inc. develops and manufactures optical sources and subsystems. It manufactures based on its proprietary planar external cavity laser technology. The company was founded by John Canning and Michael Bazylenko in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Teja Technologies, Inc. develops & supplies embedded networking and communications software solutions. It provides software solutions for multiprocessor architectures. The company was founded by Akash Deshpande in May 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Pixim, Inc. develops chipsets and digital imaging technology for enterprise security cameras. It offers products for financial, retail, industrial, gaming, school/campus, correctional facility, perimeter, airport, port, train, light rail, and bus security applications worldwide. The company was founded by Abbas El Gamal in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Qspeed Semiconductor provides the industry's highest performance silicon power devices to help reduce worldwide energy consumption. Based on proprietary technologies, the company's portfolio includes highly efficient and cost-effective 300V and 600V power diodes for AC-to-DC power supplies, inverters, motor controls and other power applications greater than 150W. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Qspeed has a global sales and distribution network across Asia, North America and Europe.

Alphion Corp. provides broadband solutions. It develops, manufactures and markets access systems, subsystems and integrated photonic devices. The firm's products include the AOLT-4000 GPON Optical Line Terminal, the AONT family of GPON Optical Network Terminals, PON Extenders, AEMS Element Management System and a wide selection of active and passive hardware components for power and fiber management, passive splitters and distribution frames for central office, outside plant, customer premise and network management. The company was founded by Bharat P. Dave in July 2000 and is headquartered in Princeton Junction, NJ.

Acclaim Communications, Inc. provides electrical switches and products. Acclaim Communications was acquired by Level One Communications, Inc. on July 06, 1998 for $120.63 million.

Stream Machine Co. provides semiconductor solutions that enable video and audio compression. Its compression technology offers video at low bit-rates and is compatible with consumer standards, including MPEG-2, MP3 and Dolby Digital. The company is located in Milpitas, CA.

Sandbridge Technologies, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company. It designs baseband processors for wireless handheld devices. The company is headquartered in Tarrytown, NY.

Mayfield Fund LLC (Mayfield Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 by Mark Jay Levin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Pacific Community Ventures LLC (PCV) is a private equity firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ICCP SBI Venture Partners (ISVP) is a venture capital division of Investment & Capital Corp. of the Philippines founded in 1997 by Guillermo D Luchangco. The firm headquartered in Makati City, Philippines.

Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. provides radio frequency tuning solutions for mobile devices in the wireless industry. It is a fabless supplier of tunable components for RF circuits used in cellular handsets, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and other consumer wireless devices. The firm offers tunable RF circuits, based on third-generation RF MEMS technology and its semiconductor processes, let users pack more performance into the same space. The company was founded by Charles Gordon Smith and Hermann M. Hauser in 1994 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

S3 Graphics Co. Ltd. provides innovative graphics visualization technologies for the notebook and desktop markets. It offers desktop products, such as desktop graphics processors, integrated graphics processors chipsets, digital signage systems, graphics notebook products, mobile graphics processors, graphics embedded products, and graphics integrated products. The company was founded by Diosdado P. Banatao in 2001 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Founded in 1994, Cavendish Kinetics Ltd. is a British company that provides technology for RF-micro electro mechanical systems components for smartphones. Part of Qorvo, Inc., the company is based in London, UK.

Wavemaker Partners LLC(Wavemaker Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by David A siemer & Eric Manlunas. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, Los Angeles.

Blaize, Inc. provides artificial intelligence solutions. It develops hardware computing platforms for augmented reality, drones, and automobiles. The company was founded by Dinakar C. Munagala and Ke Yin and is headquartered in El Dorado Hills, CA.

Cloudmondo, Inc. develops data driven cloud-based platform. The company was founded by Ihab Abu-Hakima and Diosdado Banatao in 2018 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Wave Computing, Inc. develops IP and semiconductor solutions. The firm enables enterprises to accelerate their AI applications. The company was founded by Peter Foley and Karl Fant on December 8, 2009 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.