William Keith McDonald

Solectron Corp. was a provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services. It offerings included new-product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warranty and end-of-life support. The firm was acquired by Flextronics International Ltd. The company was founded in 1977 and was headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. is a semiconductor company, which designs, develops and markets integrated circuits for the automotive, communications, industrial, medical, and digital consumer industries. Its products include dynamic random access-memory (DRAM), mobile DRAM, static random-access memory, wafer level memory solutions, analog, and flash. The company was founded by Jimmy Shueh Mien Lee and Kong Yeu Han on October 27, 1988 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Alien Technology LLC engages in design, manufacture and sale of radio frequency identification products. Its professional services include custom training, technical consulting, program and project management, site survey and spectrum analysis, physical architecture review, product packaging and tag placement, optimal antenna and reader placement & orientation, system configuration and technical support & maintenance. The firm’s products include chips, tags, readers and antennas. The company was founded in December 1994 by John Stephen Smith and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. manufactures semiconductors. It markets Samsung semiconductor product lines including its DRAM and SRAM memory chips, flash memory components, thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels and screens and system LSI products. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Efficere Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets signal integrity and connecting devices. The company was founded by Mike Gerard, Will Miller, and Joe O'Brien in 2004 and is headquartered in Vancouver, WA