Matt R. Ready

Part of Intel Corp., Chips & Technologies, Inc. is a company that designs, develops, and markets very large-scale integrated circuit devices. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Gordon A. Campbell, Diosdado P. Banatao. Chips & Technologies was acquired by Intel Corp. on February 02, 1998 for $393.26 million.

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.

Sage, Inc. designs, develops and markets digital display processors. It is developing products that bring the home theater experience to the mass consumer and PC-display market through digitally enhanced television, projection displays, DVD players and internet appliances. The company is located in Milpitas, CA.

Chordiant Software Inc. solutions automate and manage operational business processes for leading service-driven global organizations in retail finance, telecommunications and consumer direct industries. Chordiant orchestrates the unique processes of an organization from the point of customer interaction, through the front and back offices to multiple transactional systems, corporate applications and data stores

Blue Pumpkin Software, Inc. develops workforce optimization solutions for customer contact centers. The company's solutions include strategic planning, workforce management, performance optimization, and application platform & integration. It also offers consulting, implementation, training and customer support services. Blue Pumpkin Software was co-founded by Doron Aspitz and Ofer Matan in 1996 and is located in Sunnyvale, CA

Icron Technologies Corp. offers video and USB extension solutions for commercial and industrial markets. Its products are deployed in a wide range of applications such as digital home connectivity, industrial automation, medical imaging, aerospace, interactive digital signage, remote desktop extension, security and surveillance, enterprise computing, isolated USB, and point-of-sale markets. The company was founded by Juraj Krajci in 1998 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.

Silicon Optix, Inc. provides mixed signal semiconductor solutions. The company was founded by Louie Lee and Paul M. Russ in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Shimon Systems Inc. provides fingerprint authentication solutions for wired and wireless networks. It's product, Bio-NetGuard, provides fingerprint-based user authentication for Wi-Fi network access. The firm's product also combines the strong data-in-transit security of WPA with strong user authentication to enable enterprise-class security for WiFi networks. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. provides electronic devices. The company produces a variety of semiconductors for automotive, consumer, industrial, networking, and wireless applications. The company was established in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Gen Digital Inc., Jareva Technologies, Inc. is a company that provides information technology (IT) infrastructure automation solutions. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. Jareva Technologies was acquired by VERITAS Software Corp., part of Gen Digital Inc. from September 11, 2005 on December 19, 2002 for $62 million.

Part of StorMedia, Inc., Akashic Memories Corp. makes magnetic media and substrates. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. Akashic Memories was acquired by StorMedia, Inc. from Kubota Corp. on December 31, 1997 for $14 million.

Part of Technology Growth Partners Corp., VantagePoint Group, Inc. develops and markets application software for packaging manufacturing companies. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. VantagePoint Group was acquired by Technology Growth Partners Corp. on August 21, 2001 for $2.22 million.

Part of STMicroelectronics NV, VM Labs, Inc. manufactures printed circuits for DVD players. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Richard G. Miller. VM Labs was acquired by Genesis Microchip, Inc. on March 05, 2002 for $13.60 million.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Domain Technology, Inc. manufactures electronic component and accessories. The company is headquartered in Plano, TX.

ChipX, Inc. designs and develops programmable application specific integrated circuits or Structured ASIC solutions. It offers PCI Express PHY, USB HS, and DDRII memory interfaces, as well as analog to digital and digital-to-analog converters. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered at Santa Clara, CA.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Meridian Audio Ltd. produces and distributes audio and video equipment for home entertainment. Its products include loudspeakers, streaming, DACs, power amplifiers, Corporate search players, and digital preamp. The company was founded by Bob Stuart and Allen Boothroyd in 1977 and is headquartered in Huntingdon, the United Kingdom.

Deloitte & Touche provides audit, enterprise risk management, and financial advisory services. The company delivers services in four professional areas: audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services. It provides its clients with global services such as entering foreign markets, raising funds, and investing in Mainland China. The company was founded in June, 2003 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

The Indus Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization. It provides mentoring, networking, education and funding to entrepreneurs. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Auvitek Corp. manufactures semiconductor supplies for the digital television market. The firm's products are based on fully adaptive demodulation and equalization technology. It has offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The company was founded by Ping Dong and Victor Ren in March, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Jaswa & Co. provides coaching and management consulting services. The company is headquartered in Saratoga. CA.

Saankhya Labs Pvt Ltd. provides Software Defined Radio (SDR) based integrated circuits (ICs) and modules for video, audio and data communication. It offers products such as demodulator, modulator, multi-standard modems, and reference design kits. The company was founded by Parag Naik, Vishwakumara Kayargadde, and Hemant Mallapur in December 2006 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. develops digital audio technologies. It develops and supplies digital signal processing technology for digital speakers. The firm offers the Dnote7 series, an all-in-one digital speaker driver embedded in 32bit Dnot technology. The company's business activities also include design service and analog system and circuitry design. Trigence Semiconductor was founded by Akira Yasuda, Junichi Okamura and Yuichiro Takahashi in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.