Richard Taylor

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.

Artisan Components, Inc. develops and manufactures high density embedded memories. The firm's products include standard cell libraries, embedded memories, input/output cells, analog functions, and high-speed interface IP. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Jasper Design Automation, Inc. provides software solutions for semiconductor design, verification, and reuse, based on state-of-the-art formal technology. The company was founded by Joe Higgins and Vigyan Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Extreme DA Corp. provides integrated circuit design services. The company was founded by Larry Pileggi, Yuji Kukimoto and Mustafa Celik in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Altia Systems, Inc. develops camera and video capture solutions. It offers PanaCast solution enables users on desktop or mobile to communicate in interactive, real-time Panoramic-HD field-of-view video that replicates panoramic perspective. Its products include PanaCast Camera, PanaCast Experience, and PanaCast application software. The company was founded by Aurangzeb Khan, Lars Herlitz, and Atif Sarwari in 2011 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Quickturn Systems, Inc. develops software.

Lanza TechVentures (Lanza Tech) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Lucio Lanza. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

The Electronic Design Automation Consortium operates as an electronic system design association. The American company was founded by Rick Carlson.

Numerate, Inc. operates as a technology platform company that leverages proprietary algorithms and cloud computing to transform the drug design process. The company was founded by Guido Lanza, Nigel P. Duffy, John Hampton Griffin and Brandon Allgood in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Radnorwood Capital LLC (Radnorwood) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Portland, Oregon with an additional office in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded by Lucio Lanza in 2000. Radnorwood provides investment advice to an investment limited partnership, Planting Ground Fund LP.

Part of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Verisity Design, Inc. provides software development services.

ACTA, Inc. provides consulting services to industry and government on issues of safety and management of risk. Its services include petrochemical risk management, explosive hazards and risk, and engineering research and development. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Part of The Protectoseal Co., Electronic System Design, Inc. is a company that specializes in electronics technology for the water industry. The company is based in Palatine, IL. The company provides water process control boards for reverse osmosis water purification systems and water vending machines. Electronic System Design was acquired by The Protectoseal Co. on December 18, 2012.

Nextech Batteries, Inc. develops lithium sulfur battery technology. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Carson City, NV.

efabless Corp. operates as an semiconductor community engineering platform. The firm offers community members with everything required to define, develop and monetize their IP and IC designs. efabless applies the principles of open innovation to make customized, on-demand mixed signal electronics affordable, accessible and creative. The company was founded by Mohamed Kassem, Sherif Eid and Jack Hughes and Michael S. Wishart in April 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.