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NETGEAR is a provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products. The company s mission is to be a provider of networking solutions for small businesses and homes. The company offers a variety of products that include home products, such as wireless products that include routers and gateways, adapters, voice over Internet protocol devices, Ethernet bridges, access points, entertainment, print servers and kits; and wired products that include routers and gateways, adapters, storage devices, switches and print servers. Its business products include switches, such as Layer 3 Managed, Layer 2 Managed, Smart switches, unmanaged switches, gigabit, modules and hubs; security devices, such as wired and wireless virtual private networks and VPN client services; business wireless access points, antennas and adaptors; adaptors for desktop computers and laptop computers; print servers and support services. All of the company s manufacturing plants are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified. NETGEAR is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif.

Established in 1983, Maxim Integrated Products designs, develops and manufactures linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The company s mission is to continuously invent analog engineering solutions that add value to its customers microprocessor-based electronics systems. Its products include memory and thermal management products, sensors, digital potentiometers, amplifiers and analog switches. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the trading symbol MXIM. Maxim Integrated Products is located in Sunnyvale, Calif., and it employs approximately 8,000 people.