Alex Sum

GCT Semiconductor, Inc. provides wireless communication solutions. The firm designs and supplies advanced 4G LTE and 5G semiconductor solutions. GCT’s market-proven LTE solutions, commercially available since 2010, have enabled fast and reliable LTE connectivity to numerous commercial devices such as smartphones, tablets, hotspots, CPEs, USB dongles, routers, M2M applications, and more, to the world’s top LTE carriers. It's system-on-chip solutions integrate radio frequency, baseband modem and digital signal processing functions into a single die, therefore offering complete 4G platform solutions with small form factors, low power consumption, high performance, high reliability and cost effectiveness. The company was founded by Kyeong-Ho H. Lee and Ki-Sub Lee in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Philips Semiconductors manufactured and marketed semiconductors. It manufactured analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) from its product portfolio and are used in televisions, car radios to cellular phones to computer peripherals. The unit also made a range of general purpose discrete semiconductors and logic devices. The company was headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Supertex, Inc. produces high voltage analog and mixed signal semiconductor components. It designs, develops, manufactures and markets integrated circuits, DMOS, HVCMOS and HVBiCMOS analog and mixed signal technologies. The company's integrated circuits are used in the medical ultrasound imaging, LCD TV LED backlighting, LED general lighting, telecommunications, printer, flat panel display, and industrial and consumer product industries. Their product includes high voltage analog multiplexer switches, pulsers, beam formers, transmit/receive switches, low noise amplifiers and high-speed MOSFET drivers. The company was founded by Henry C. Pao, Benidict C. K. Choy in 1976 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. designs, develops and markets analog discrete, logic, and non-volatile memory semiconductors. The company was founded by Gordon E. Moore, C. Sheldon Roberts, Eugene Kleiner, Robert N. Noyce, Victor H. Grinich, Julius Blank, Jean A. Hoerni and Jay T. Last on October 1, 1957 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Siliconix, Inc. manufactures semiconductors and switches. Its products are used to manage and convert power in computers, cell phones, and the communications infrastructure. The company also controls motion in computer disk drives and automotive systems. Siliconix was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

GCT Semiconductor, Inc. (South Korea) engages in providing 4G LTE and 5G semiconductor solutions. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.