Thomas Surrette

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. engages in designing, development, manufacturing, and marketing of a broad range of high-performance solutions for embedded systems, from automotive, industrial and networking platforms to highly interactive consumer devices. Its programmable systems-on-chip, general-purpose microcontrollers, analog ICs, wireless and USB-C based connectivity solutions and memories help engineers design differentiated products. The firm operates through the following segments: The Microcontroller and Connectivity Division (MCD), and the Memory Products Division (MPD). The company was founded by Thurman John Rodgers in December 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Simtek Corp. designs and manufactures high performance nonvolatile memory, application specific integrated circuits and data communications. It provides integrated circuits to the electronics market for use in variety of systems, such as data storage systems, computers, copiers, factory controllers, electric meters and military systems. It was founded in 1987 by Dr. Richard Petritz and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO