Christopher S. Norris

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. engages in designing, development, manufacturing, and marketing of a broad range of high-performance solutions for embedded systems, from automotive, industrial and networking platforms to highly interactive consumer devices. Its programmable systems-on-chip, general-purpose microcontrollers, analog ICs, wireless and USB-C based connectivity solutions and memories help engineers design differentiated products. The firm operates through the following segments: The Microcontroller and Connectivity Division (MCD), and the Memory Products Division (MPD). The company was founded by Thurman John Rodgers in December 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

MicroDisplay Corp. designs, develops and markets digital televisions. The company develops liquid crystal on silicon micro display products and manufactures high-definition digital televisions bases on its proprietary 'liquid Fidelity' single-panel liquid crystal technology. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Alta Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile power technology solutions. The firm specializes in the development of a technology that extends the energy source of a system, with focus on cell and module single junction conversion efficiency. It offers single and dual junction solar cells, bringing flexible and portable power that can be embedded into any other material. The company was founded by Eli Yablonovitch, Nasreen Chopra and Harry A. Atwater in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Efinix, Inc. engages in the development of a programmable logic cores. It offers OPM programmable devices and EFabric cores. It offers Trion FPGA, a wide range of applications from easy-to-use consumer products to I/O intensive interfaces to complete system solutions. The company was founded by Sammy Cheung and Tony Ngai in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.