Harold Hughes

Planar Systems, Inc. engages in developing, manufacturing and marketing electronic display products and systems. Its products include LCD video walls, rear projection video walls, large format displays, desktop and touch screen monitors, transparent displays, touch displays, processing and players, open frame and custom displays, accessories and home theater products-and home theater projection systems. The company was founded by Jim Hurd, Christopher N. King and John Laney on April 27, 1983 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Xilinx, Inc. engages in the design and development of programmable logic semiconductor devices and the related software design tools. It also provides design services, customer training, field engineering, and technical support. The company was founded by Ross Freeman, Bernard Vonderschmitt, and James V. Barnett in February 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

REMEC, Inc. designs and builds microwave multi-function modules for microwave transmission systems. It develops and manufactures telecommunications infrastructure products for voice, video and data transfer over wireless networks and microwave electronic subsystems for defense radar, communications and electronic warfare applications. The company is headquartered in Del Mar, CA.

Berkeley Technology Ltd. provides venture capital consulting services mainly to Silicon Valley technology companies or large international telecommunications companies. The company has one business segment that it operates through its subsidiaries: venture capital consulting and investments. Its consulting business is managed by Berkeley VC LLC and Berkeley International Capital Corp. The company was founded by Arthur I. Trueger in 1985 and is headquartered in St. Helier, Jersey.

Finisar Corp. operates as an optical communications company. The firm provides components and subsystems to networking equipment manufacturers, data center operators, telecom service providers, consumer electronics and automotive companies. Its products include optical transceivers, active optical cable, optical engines, communication components, sensing components, and optical instrumentation. The company was founded by Frank H. Levinson and Jerry S. Rawls in April 1987 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Cortina Systems, Inc. provided communications semiconductor solutions. The company was founded by Amir Nayyerhabibi, Zeineddine Chair, and Hojjat Salemi in 2001 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.