Vincent Ratford

Xilinx, Inc. engages in the design and development of programmable logic semiconductor devices and the related software design tools. It also provides design services, customer training, field engineering, and technical support. The company was founded by Ross Freeman, Bernard Vonderschmitt, and James V. Barnett in February 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AccelChip Inc. provides software solutions based on MATLAB for embedded signal processing, including intellectual property (IP), for embedded digital signal processing (DSP) design. It develops and markets design tools, integrated verification flows and parametric IP toolkits that automate the development & implementation of DSP algorithms in FPGAs and ASICs. AccelChip's proven solution integrates the domain-specific DSP design environment (MATLAB) with industry-standard hardware design flows from leading silicon & EDA vendors, such as Aldec, Altera, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synplicity, Synopsys, The MathWorks and Xilinx. The company was founded by Dr. Prith Banerjee in 2000 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Virage Logic Corp. is a technology and market provider in advanced embedded memory intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. It work on semiconductor IP platforms comprising embedded memory, standard cells, and I/Os primarily for the consumer, communications and networking, handheld and portable, and computer and graphics markets. The company's quality efforts are validated in its Silicon Characterization lab which ensures quality, reliable IP across a range of foundries and process technologies. The company was founded on 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

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.

Microtec Research, Inc. used to develop, markets and supports software development products primarily for embedded systems applications. It was located in Wilsonville, OR.

Development Solutions, Inc. (DSI) is a Chicago-based, full-service construction firm incorporated in Illinois in 1992. DSI provides a broad range of services to corporations, property managers, architects, developers and brokers. As a general contractor, It is experienced in all types of office, industrial, and commercial construction is and specialized in office, industrial, retail tenant improvements, interior & exterior renovation, rehabilitation build-to-suit office, industrial, retail, institutional & apartment buildings, condominium renovation, remodeling, medical facilities, and laboratories construction services

Embedded Vision Alliance provides practical applications for computer vision. Its applications include industrial, medical, automotive, security and consumer. The company was founded by Jeff Bier in 2011 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.

Auviz Systems, Inc. designs and develops software. It offer machine learning, vision algorithms, FPGA implementation, software development and applications uniquely positions us to help close the ‘programming gap’ for FPGA’s. The company was founded by Nagesh Gupta and Vincent F. Ratford and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Wavesat, Inc. manufactures and supplies broadband wireless semiconductor solutions. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.