Noel McKenna

Experts in Audio for over 20 years, Audio Processing Technology Ltd. is passionate about the Integrity of Sound. It provides non-destructive, transparent, audio compression solutions that retain the full integrity of the original digital audio. They are also all about the moment. Instant delivery is a fundamental, and their solutions are tuned to provide real-time audio play-out. When Audio is converted to the digital domain, signal processing techniques can be employed to code the information for energy efficiency and bit rate reduction. The apt-X suite of audio compression algorithms provide; outstanding audio quality, an extremely low latency and a strong resilience to errors. apt-X audio codecs are proven to deliver for Wireless, Broadcast and Professional Live Performance applications and are available to license as Intellectual Property (IP).

Entropic Communications LLC operates as a provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment, transforming how streaming IP-based video and high-definition multimedia content and services are delivered and distributed into and throughout the home. The company was founded by Itzhak Gurantz and Anton Monk on January 31, 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Mellanox Technologies Belfast Ltd. supplies hardware engines for content and network processing. It offers regular expression processor for application awareness and security processing; and parallel string matcher for high performance network processing related search and lookup functions. The firm’s products are used in various applications, such as stateful packet classification, deep packet inspection, access control list execution, flow classification, TCP and IP header lookup and content and URL inspection and filtering. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

Novalia Ltd. develops applications for printing electronics. It offers product concepts, artwork, circuit layouts and prototypes for customers. It offers services for greetings cards, posters, textiles, toys, games and other packaging products. The company was Kate Stone and Nick Stone in 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.