Jean-Pierre Braun

Part of Intel Corp., Chips & Technologies, Inc. is a company that designs, develops, and markets very large-scale integrated circuit devices. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Gordon A. Campbell, Diosdado P. Banatao. Chips & Technologies was acquired by Intel Corp. on February 02, 1998 for $393.26 million.

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of Siemens AG, Escalade Corp is a company that develops graphical design software application tools. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. Escalade was acquired by Mentor Graphics Corp. on May 09, 2000 for $3.50 million.

Part of Siemens AG, Sunrise Test Systems, Inc. is a company that provides prepackaged software. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA.

Inapac Technology, Inc. provides intellectual property and services for reliable System-in-Package solutions. The company provides services to the semiconductor companies for SiP solutions in media applications such as multimedia cell phones, consumer audio, video portables, handheld games, LCD displays, and flat panel TVs. It has operating divisions in Boise, Idaho; and Hsinchu, Taiwan. The company was founded by Adrian E. Ong and Fan Ho in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Crocus Technology SA develops magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies. Its products include microcontrollers, magnetic logic units, access control, CTMP memory, and magnetic sensors. The firm’s services encompass licensing and design. It caters to mobile phone manufacturers. The company was founded by Jean-Pierre Nozieres, Jean-Pierre Braun, Thierry Chavigner and Jacques Noels in 2004 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.