Robert W. Conn

Trikon Technologies, Inc. has developed and manufactured semiconductor fabrication Plasma Etch, PVD and CVD equipment for the global semiconductor market. Trikon Technologies was headquartered in Newprt, UK.

Intersil Corp. designs and manufactures analog semiconductors. The company offers a portfolio of application specific standard products and general purpose proprietary products for the industrial, computing, consumer, and communications markets. The company was founded in August 1999 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

ChipPAC, Inc. principal activity is to provide semiconductor packaging, testing and distribution test services. It offers a portfolio of leaded and laminate packages for integrated circuits. It supplies packaging solutions to the semiconductor companies. It provides all packaging, test and distribution services from its facilities in Ichon and Chungju, South Korea, Shanghai, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Atmel, IBM, Intel, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments are the major customers of the Group

Pivotal Systems Corp. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of gas flow monitoring and control products. Its products include High Flow Gas Flow Controller and Gas Flow Controller. The company was founded by Sherk Chung and Mukund C. Venkatesh in 2003 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

PathScale's goal is to make it easier to develop and deploy 64-bit applications into clustered environments. PathScale has developed the industry's highest-performance C, C++, and Fortran 9X compilers for 64-bit Linux-based computer systems. The PathScale Compiler Suite shares its heritage with the well-known and mature SGI compiler suite. The PathScale Compiler Suite has been optimized for both the AMD64 and EM64T architectures and has the world's most sophisticated optimization infrastructure. Unlike other compilers, the PathScale Compiler Suite provides superior performance across both floating-point and integer-intensive applications. Application developers targeting 64-bit Linux servers will see immediate performance benefits from compiling with the PathScale compilers.

Nuelight Corp. develops and commercializes OLED display technology. Its technology and products enable the active matrix OLED display manufacturers to develop video centric displays for consumer products such as phones, portable DVD players, laptops, monitors and TV sets. The company has partnered with a flat panel display manufacturer to develop and commercialize active matrix OLED displays for consumer markets. Nuelight Corp. was founded in June, 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA

The Kavli Foundation engages in the provision of support for the advancement of science, increase of public understanding, and support for scientists. The company was founded by Fred Kavli in December 2000 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

ASM NEXX, Inc. manufactures and develops processing equipment for wafer level packaging applications. The company was founded by Richard S. Post on August 7, 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Novera Optics, Inc. manufactures fiber optics and optical access solutions. Its PON optical solutions enable equipment vendors and service providers to address fiber-to-the-building, multi-dwelling, remote terminals, multi-tenant units, and central office markets. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.