Fred Theodore A. Shlapak

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. engages in the provision of silicon solutions for next-generation cloud infrastructure and data centers, as well as connectivity products for edge, metro and long haul communications equipment. Its products include the X-Gene ARM 64-bit Server on a Chip solution, or X-Gene, designed for cloud data center and enterprise applications. It offers a line of embedded computing products based on power architecture. The company's connectivity portion of base business provides high-speed, high-bandwidth, high-reliability communications products. Its connectivity products include framer or mapper devices for Optical Transport Network equipment and physical layer devices that transmit and receive signals in a very high-speed serial format. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Gennum Corp. designs innovative semiconductor solutions and intellectual property cores to serve the rising global demand for high-speed data transmission products in the broadcast, networking, storage and telecommunications markets. Gennum offers optical, analog and mixed-signal solutions with uncompromising signal integrity to support standards such as high-definition video, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand®, Ethernet, SONET and PCI Express®. The company was founded on May 28, 1973 and is headquartered in Burlington, Canada.

Tundra Semiconductor Corp. provided semiconductor solutions to the communications, networking, storage system and information technology vendors. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. designs and offers radio frequency integrated circuits. Its solutions integrate multiple radio frequency functions into a single semiconductor device. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Motorola, Inc. provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. Motorola is engaged in providing technologies, products and services for mobile phones. Its portfolio includes wireless handsets, wireless accessories, digital entertainment devices, wireless access systems, voice and data communications systems, and enterprise mobility products. The company operates through three business segments, including Mobile Devices Segment, Home and Networks Mobility Segment and Enterprise Mobility Solutions Segment. The Mobile Devices segment designs, manufactures, sells and services wireless handsets with integrated software and accessory products, and licenses intellectual property. The Home and Networks Mobility segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services: (i) digital video, Internet Protocol video and broadcast network interactive set-tops, end-to-end video delivery systems, broadband access infrastructure platforms, and associated data and voice customer premise equipment to cable television and telecom service providers, and (ii) wireless access systems, including cellular infrastructure systems and wireless broadband systems, to wireless service providers. The Enterprise Mobility Solutions segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services analog and digital two-way radio, voice and data communications products and systems for private networks, wireless broadband systems and end-to-end enterprise mobility solutions to government and public safety agencies, as well as retail, energy and utilities, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare and other commercial customers. Motorola was founded on September 25, 1928 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, IL

ViXS Systems, Inc. develops multimedia processor solutions. It provides technologies for processing, managing, securing and distributing video and audio allowing multimedia control, conversion and connectivity between many classes and sizes of digital entertainment device. The firm’s product lines include XCode, XCodePro and XConnex. The company was founded by Indra Laksono and Sally J. Daub in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.