Brian P. McAloon

Hittite Microwave LLC designs and manufactures performance integrated circuits, or ICs, modules, subsystems and instrumentation for technically demanding digital, RF, microwave and millimeterwave applications covering DC to 110 GHz. The company's standard and custom products apply analog, digital and mixed-signal semiconductor technologies, which are used in a wide variety of wireless & wired communication and sensor applications for the automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, fiber optic, microwave & millimeterwave communications, military, space and test & measurement markets. It operates design centers and has sales and technical support staff in Canada, Colorado, Egypt, Norway, Turkey and Virginia, and has sales offices in China, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The company was founded by Yalcin Ayasli in 1985 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

Bluespec, Inc. provides electronic design automation solutions. Its technologies and solutions enable the earliest use of emulation and FPGA-based prototyping for high-speed modeling, verification and pre-silicon firmware development. The company was founded by Shiv Tasker, Rishiyur S. Nikhil, Joe Stoy and Arvind Mithal in June 2003 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Powervation Ltd. provides energy-efficient solutions for power systems. The company was founded by Karl-Heinz Rinne and Eamon O'Malley in January 2006 and is headquartered in Blackrock, Ireland.

Analog Devices BV was engaged in sales and distribution of integrated circuits. The company was headquartered in Limerick, Ireland.