ESS Technology, Inc

Established in 1981, Linear Technology Corp. specializes in designing, manufacturing and marketing of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. Based in Milpitas, Calif., the company offers its products, including high performance amplifiers, comparators, voltage references, monolithic filters, linear regulators, converters, battery chargers, data converters, communications interface circuits and more. Its high performance circuits have applications in telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products, notebook and desktop computers, computer peripherals, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, automotive electronics, factory automation, process control and military and space systems.

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.

Cypress solutions are used in various systems, including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Its product portfolio includes wired and wireless USB devices, CMOS image sensors, timing solutions, specialty memories, high-bandwidth synchronous and micropower memory products, optical solutions, and reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays. The company has several subsidiaries, such as, Silicon Valley Technology Center, Silicon Light Machines and SunPower. Cypress has headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and manufacturing locations in San Jose, Round Rock, Texas; Bloomington, Minn; and the Philippines.