Papken S. der Torossian

Atmel Corp. was manufactured microcontrollers, semiconductors and electronic circuits. Its products include microcontrollers, wireless connectivity, smart energy, drivers and sensors, and digital broadcast. The company was founded in December 1984 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Plantronics, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of headsets, voice, video, and content sharing solutions. It operates through the Products and Services segments. The Products segment includes the firm's headsets, voice, and video product lines. The Services segment includes maintenance support on hardware devices, as well as professional, managed, and cloud services and solutions. The company was founded by Courtney Graham and Keith Larkin in 1961 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA.

Part of ASML Holding NV, Silicon Valley Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and services semiconductor processing equipment. The private company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Ellen D. Levy. Silicon Valley Group was acquired by ASML Holding NV on May 22, 2001 for $1,199.10 million.

Spectra-Physics, Inc. used to manufacture semiconductor based lasers and laser optics, which was used for everything from inspecting microchips and etching holograms to welding metals and plastics. It was engaged in making of related optical and optoelectronic products such as crystals, diffraction gratings and thin film interference filters as well as sells others photonics components through its Oriel catalog. The company was founded in 1961 and was located in Mountain View, CA.

SEMATECH, Inc. provides research and development services in semiconductor manufacturing technology. It offers research in design, lithography, interconnect, and other facets of chip manufacturing. The company was established in 1986 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Therma-Wave, Inc. develops and markets control metrology systems. Its products are used in the manufacture of semiconductors. The company offers products for the measurement of transparent, semitransparent and opaque thin films for the monitoring of ion implantation, as well as for the integration of metrology into semiconductor processing systems.Therma-Wave was founded in 1982 by Allan Rosencwaig and David Willenborg and is located in Fremont, CA

Teridian Semiconductor Corp. designs and develops analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.