Brian Hurst

Part of Texas Instruments Incorporated, Cyrix Corp is a company that makes personal computer microprocessors. The company is based in Richardson, TX. Cyrix was acquired by National Semiconductor Corp., part of Texas Instruments Incorporated from September 23, 2011 on November 17, 1997 for $525.70 million.

Transmeta Corp. develops and licenses innovative computing, microprocessor and semiconductor technologies and related intellectual property. Its advanced power management technologies control leakages and increase power efficiency in semiconductor devices. The company was founded in 1995 by Boris Abad Guerra and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

II-VI OptoElectronic Devices, Inc. operates as a designer and manufacturer of radio frequency semiconductor solutions for cellular wireless, WiFi, and infrastructure applications. It operates as a cost-effective manufacture of high performance gallium arsenide integrated circuits. The company's product portfolio includes power amplifiers, FEICs, FEMs, and line amplifiers. Its cellular wireless products enable mobile handsets, smartphones, tablets, notebooks, datacards, automotive, M2M, and industrial devices to access 3G and 4G wireless networks utilizing international standards, such as LTE, HSPA, WCDMA, EVDO, CDMA and WiMAX. The WiFi products enable wireless LAN connectivity for mobile and fixed-point devices, such as smartphones, tablets, notebooks, and base stations, optimizing the latest WiFi standards, including 802.11ac and 802.11n. Its infrastructure solutions include both wireless infra-structure and CATV products. Its wireless infrastructure power amplifiers enable 3G and 4G small-cell bastions, while its CATV products provide the critical link in CATV infrastructure network devices, as well as set-top boxes and cable modems. The company was founded by Ronald Rosenzweig, George Gilbert and Charles Huang in 1985 and is headquartered in Warren, NJ.

WiSpry, Inc. manufactures RF-CMOS integrated circuits and components. It offers tunable RF components, digital capacitor arrays, RF evaluation kits, filters and duplexors, and power amplifiers. The firm's products are used in airbag sensors, game controllers, accelerometers, microoptics, video projection systems, and printer heads. It serves mobile handset manufacturers and network operators. The company was founded by Jeffrey L. Hilbert and Arthur S. Morris III in October 2002 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

SkyCross, Inc. designs and manufactures advanced antenna and radio frequency solutions. Its products include mobile devices and wireless networks. The firm offers antenna design, antenna manufacturing and regional support services. It has offices in Gumi, San Jose, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Suwon and Viera. The company was founded by Peter B. Atwal, Young-Min Jo, Christopher Morton and Eric D. Alterman in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.