Robert K. Beachler

Stretch, Inc. operated as a fabless semiconductor company. The firm provided software configurable processors for compute-intensive applications. Its products included software configurable processors that deliver compute capability to demanding video applications; PCIe digital video recorder add-in cards; reference design kits for its family of software configurable processors; Intelligent Encoder Software Development Kit, an integrated video processing and compression solution for software configurable processors; and development tools. The firm also offered support services. Its products are used in video surveillance, digital video, and wireless applications. The company was founded in 2002 and was headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Altera Corp. operated as a global semiconductor company. The company was founded by Robert F. Hartmann, Michael Magranet, Paul Newhagen and James D. Sansbury in 1983 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. designs, develops and markets analog discrete, logic, and non-volatile memory semiconductors. The company was founded by Gordon E. Moore, C. Sheldon Roberts, Eugene Kleiner, Robert N. Noyce, Victor H. Grinich, Julius Blank, Jean A. Hoerni and Jay T. Last on October 1, 1957 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Exar Corp. engages in the design, development, and sale of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits; as well as advanced sub-system solutions for the industrial and embedded systems, high-end consumer, and infrastructure markets. Its product portfolio includes power management, connectivity, and communications products; as well as data and storage products for network security and storage optimization solutions. The company was founded in April 1971 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.