Kishore Venkata Seendripu

Exar Corp. engages in the design, development, and sale of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits; as well as advanced sub-system solutions for the industrial and embedded systems, high-end consumer, and infrastructure markets. Its product portfolio includes power management, connectivity, and communications products; as well as data and storage products for network security and storage optimization solutions. The company was founded in April 1971 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Broadcom Corp. designs, develops and supplies semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. The company was founded by Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli on August 16, 1991 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Entropic Communications LLC operates as a provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment, transforming how streaming IP-based video and high-definition multimedia content and services are delivered and distributed into and throughout the home. The company was founded by Itzhak Gurantz and Anton Monk on January 31, 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Silicon Wave, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies integrated circuits for wireless personal area networks (WPANs). The firm offers integrated single-chip CMOS radio processors, including the radio modem and digital baseband functions, as well as stand-alone CMOS radio modem solutions. The company was founded by Rory Moore and Michael Librizzi in 1997 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engages on research of environmental studies, nanoscience, and quantitative biology, physics and nuclear energy. The lab is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the University of California. It was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.