Atlantic Semiconductor

Clare designs and manufactures solid-state relays and high voltage integrated circuits for the global telecommunications industry. Its products include opto-isolators, solar cells, line interfaces, line card access switches, signaling devices, transceivers, power switches and display drivers. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the IXYS Corporation. IXYS develops and markets primarily high performance power semiconductor devices that are used in controlling and converting electrical power efficiently in power systems for the telecommunication and Internet infrastructure, motor drives, medical systems and transportation. Clare, formerly CP Clare Corporation, was founded in 1937 as a provider of high-voltage switching technology to the telecommunications market. The company is headquartered in Beverly, Mass., and is ISO 9001:2000 certified according to industry standards.

Analog Devices is a world-leading semiconductor company specializing in high performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits. The company was founded in 1965. Its products play a fundamental role in converting real-world phenomena such as temperature, motion, pressure, light and sound into electrical signals to be used in a wide array of applications ranging from industrial process control, factory automation, radar systems and CAT scanners to cellular base stations and telephones, broadband networking, computers, cars and digital cameras. The company s unique value to its customers is its ability to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers of speed, accuracy and cost, to solve intricate engineering challenges and to create ICs that enable portability, connectivity, and multimedia. Analog designs, manufactures and markets the high-performance, high-precision signal processing ICs that make pictures vibrant, voices clear, connections continuous and products portable. Jerald G. Fishman has been the chief executive officer of Analog Devices from more than 10 years. He has been with the semiconductor manufacturer for over 35 years. Fishman earned a BSEE from CUNY City, and a MBA from Boston University. The company is headquartered in Norwood, Mass.