John L. Newton

Custom One Design (C1D) is a privately held mixed-signal semiconductor supplier specializing in high performance application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) involving analog, digital, RF, and power management / conversion. With particular focus on the medical and wireless markets, C1D has designed and produced solutions for the following applications: Bio-medical and other diagnostic devices, GPS / wireless, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and associated applications requiring data acquisition combining RF functionality, CT Scan / Medical Imaging and Lighting.

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits. Its products include integrated power circuits, amplifiers, data converters, analog filters, transceivers, expanders, level translators, broadband switches, powerline communications, microcontrollers, data loggers, solar energy, and automotive. The company was founded by Jack F. Gifford in 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

MEMSIC, Inc. supplies inertial sensors systems, sensor components and wireless sensors. It provides advanced semiconductor sensors and multi-sensor system solutions based on micro-electromechanical systems technology and sophisticated integration technologies in both the IC level and module level. The company was founded by Yang Zhao in 1999 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.