Jack Barry Small

Micrel, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets analog power integrated circuits (ICs), mixed-signal ICs and digital ICs. It also manufactures custom analog and mixed-signal circuits and provides wafer foundry services for customers that produce electronic systems for communications, consumer and military applications. The company operates through one segment: Semiconductor Products. It also offers radio frequency data communication products. Micrel was founded by Raymond D. Zinn in July 1978 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.

IC Works, Inc. designs, develops and markets signal integrated circuits used for applications in the personal computer motherboard, PC peripheral or Internet device and wireless and cable communications markets. The company's clocks are used in personal computers, workstations, servers, routers, printers, date storage devices, and digital cameras. Radio frequency synthesizers are used in high frequency applications like wireless local loop equipment, wireless local area networks, cable modems, and digital set-top boxes. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA