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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.

Founded in 1939, Hewlett-Packard Company is one of the largest information technology firms in the world. The company operates enterprise business, personal system, and imaging and printing groups. Its range of products includes computers, workstations, servers, printers, and storage and mobile computing devices. Hewlett-Packard Company also provides infrastructure technology, business process outsourcing, application development, consulting, integration, and technology support and maintenance services. In addition, it provides information management and business intelligence solutions. The company serves individual consumers and clients in the government, health, education, and communications and media sectors. With a work force of more than 300,000 employees, Hewlett-Packard Company operates offices in over 170 countries. Its subsidiaries include Hewlett-Packard Argentina, Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Company, Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Hewlett-Packard New Zealand and Hewlett-Packard Globalsoft Private Limited.

Micrel is a global manufacturer of integrated circuit solutions for the worldwide analog, ethernet and high-bandwidth markets. The company features advanced mixed-signal, analog and power semiconductors. It provides ICs for high-performance communication, clock management, ethernet switch and physical-layer transceivers. Micrel s customers include leading manufacturers of enterprise, consumer, industrial, mobile, telecommunications, automotive and computer products. The company s headquarters and state-of-the-art wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Jose, Calif. It maintains international locations in South America, Europe and Asia. Micrel maintains an extensive network of distributors and sales representatives worldwide.