John McCranie

California Micro Devices Corp. engaged in the design and sale of application specific circuit protection devices and display electronic devices. Its products include electromagnetic interference filters with electrostatic discharge protection for mobile handsets for specific applications, including display interfaces, imager interfaces, speaker, headphone, high speed serial data interfaces, microphone interfaces, and smart card interfaces. The company was founded in 1980 and was headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

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.

Harris Corp. engages in the provision of technology-based solutions for tactical communications, geospatial systems and services, air traffic management, avionics and electronic warfare, and space and intelligence. It operates through the following business segments: Communication Systems, Electronic Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems, and Corporate. The Communication Systems segment services markets in tactical communications and defense products, including tactical ground and airborne radio communications solutions and night vision technology, in public safety networks. The Electronic Networks Systems segment provides electronic warfare, avionics, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions for the defense industry and air traffic management solutions for the civil aviation industry. The Space and Intelligence systems provides intelligence, space protection, geospatial, complete earth observation, universe exploration, positioning, navigation and timing, environmental solutions for national security, defenses, civil and commercial customers, using advanced sensors, antennas and payloads, as well as ground processing and information analytics. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Melbourne, FL.

Mentor Graphics Corp. provides electronic design automation systems-advanced computer software and emulation hardware systems, which are used to automate the design, analysis, and testing of electronic hardware and embedded systems software in electronic systems and components. It markets products and services primarily to large companies in the military/aerospace, communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductor, networking, multimedia, and transportation industries. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Europe, Japan, Pacific Rim, and Others. The company was founded on February 4, 1981 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, OR.

Xicor, Inc., a California corporation, was founded in 1978. It is a manufacturer of nonvolatile semiconductor devices including EEPROMs, NOVRAMs, EEPOT nonvolatile digital potentiometers and microperipheral. It also processes transitioning of product development effort to the area of high performance analog mixed-signal integrated circuits

Microsemi SoC Corp. engages in manufacturing embedded processors. The company was founded by Abbas El Gamal and Hamdy Esmatz in 1985 and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.