C. N. Reddy

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. engages in designing, development, manufacturing, and marketing of a broad range of high-performance solutions for embedded systems, from automotive, industrial and networking platforms to highly interactive consumer devices. Its programmable systems-on-chip, general-purpose microcontrollers, analog ICs, wireless and USB-C based connectivity solutions and memories help engineers design differentiated products. The firm operates through the following segments: The Microcontroller and Connectivity Division (MCD), and the Memory Products Division (MPD). The company was founded by Thurman John Rodgers in December 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

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.

QLogic LLC engages in the designs and supplies of network infrastructure products that provides, enhances and manages computer data communication. Its products include adapters, switches, and ASICs. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Xcieve Corp. operates as a venture-backed fabless semiconductor company. It develops RF silicon solutions for television signal reception which replace the bulky 'Can' tuner modules traditionally used inside television sets. The firm produces silicon tuner which provides performance surpassing that of tuner modules. The company was founded by Pierre Favrat on July 1, 2001 and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Cavium, Inc. was engaged in the provision of integrated semiconductor processors which enables intelligent processing for wired and wireless infrastructure and cloud for networking, communications, storage, and security applications. The company was founded by Syed Basharat Ali and Muhammad Raghib Hussain in November 2000 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Parallocity, Inc. provided automated runtime analysis tools that find high-impact errors in complex software applications. The company products included ZVM-U, ZVM-K, and ZVM analytics and reports. Its customers included in industries from networking to storage, security, cloud infrastructure, telecommunications, and consumer electronics industries. Parallocity was founded in 2007 by Shekhar Ambe, Himanshu Shukla, Koushik C. Sen, and Raghavendra K. Kulkarni and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.