Sammy Cheung

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.

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.

Efinix, Inc. engages in the development of a programmable logic cores. It offers OPM programmable devices and EFabric cores. It offers Trion FPGA, a wide range of applications from easy-to-use consumer products to I/O intensive interfaces to complete system solutions. The company was founded by Sammy Cheung and Tony Ngai in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.