Cathal Phelan

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.

Ramtron International Corp. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells specialty high performance semiconductor memory devices. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO.

Virage Logic Corp. is a technology and market provider in advanced embedded memory intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. It work on semiconductor IP platforms comprising embedded memory, standard cells, and I/Os primarily for the consumer, communications and networking, handheld and portable, and computer and graphics markets. The company's quality efforts are validated in its Silicon Characterization lab which ensures quality, reliable IP across a range of foundries and process technologies. The company was founded on 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Founded in 2000, Ubicom, Inc. is a semiconductor company headquartered in San Jose, CA, that develops processor and software solutions to optimize data flow when Media Meets Networking. Ubicom has shipped over millions of units to OEMs and ODMs around the world for a wide range of products including streaming media devices, home media distribution products, and wireless routers. Ubicom's fourth generation IP7K processor family is the latest in their line of 32-bit processors for high performance embedded applications. Ubicom develops networking and multimedia processor solutions that address the unique demands of networking applications and multimedia content delivery in the digital home. The company provides optimized system-level solutions to OEMs for a wide range of products including wireless routers, home gateways, VoIP gateways, and streaming media devices.

Philips Research Lab engages in the research and development of technological innovations in the area of health and well-being. It offers medical devices such as diagnostic imaging products. The company was founded on January 2, 1914 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Touchstone Semiconductor, Inc. engages in the provision of analog integrated circuit solutions. The company was founded by Brett Fox in 2007 and is headquartered in DE.

AgigA Tech, Inc. provides battery-free non-volatile memory solutions. Its flagship products include agigaram and powergem energy modules. The company was founded 2007 in and is headquartered San Diego, CA.