Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

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.

Phoenix Technologies Ltd. designs, develops, and sells systems software products for PCs, peripherals, and information appliances. It develops basic input/output systems (BIOS), the software that loads a computer's operating system each time it is turned on. The company was founded by Rich W. Levandov in 1979 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Rio Design Automation, Inc. provides electronic design automation services. It also provides chip designers package software that enables input and output optimization tradeoffs to take place in the context of the package and printed circuit board. The company was founded by Kaushik I. Sheth and Egino Sarto in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Jasper Design Automation, Inc. provides software solutions for semiconductor design, verification, and reuse, based on state-of-the-art formal technology. The company was founded by Joe Higgins and Vigyan Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Mobilygen Corp. manufactures and sells fabless semiconductor products. The firm focuses on creating multimedia processors. Its products are used in camcorders and digital cameras. The company was founded by George T. Haber and Sorin Cismas in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AXIOM Design Automation, Inc. designs verification and simulation tools for creating semiconductors. Its integrated verification environment combines simulator with test bench automation, assertion based verification, debugging and coverage analysis to ensure that designs are fully verified. The company was founded in 1999 by Badruddin Agarwala, Vivek Bhat and Tarak Parikh and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA

Tanner & Co. provides accounting services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

Part of Chime Communications Ltd., Heresy Ims Group Plc is a British company that provides marketing and advertising services. Heresy Ims Group was acquired by Chime Communications Ltd. on October 01, 1997 for $2.91 million.

Part of Oracle Corp., Kealia, Inc. is a company that specializes in luxurious hand and body creams made with natural and organic ingredients. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. Infused with Hawaiian kukui nut oil, coconut oil, and shea butter, these hydrating creams are rich in vitamins and antioxidants that soothe and protect the skin. The company was founded by David Cheriton and Andreas Bechtolsheim. Kealia was acquired by Sun Microsystems, Inc. on April 15, 2004.

inSilica, Inc. provides ASIC and system-on-chip solutions. The firm develops innovative camera and video processors for a variety of consumer products. It offers multimedia and printing processors for various imaging and printing devices, including digital multimedia, digital printing, and mobile imaging. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Magma Group provides automobile design and engineering services. The private company is based in Westminster, UK. and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom. The British company was founded by Matt B. Britton.

HighBar Management LLC (Highbar Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900 by Andreas Bechtolsheim, Roy Thiele-Sardiña and John H. Kim. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

EVE-USA, Inc. provides electronic research and development services. The company was founded by Luc Burgun on September 9, 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Memorex Corp. provides information technology solutions. The private company is based in Norfolk, VA.

Part of The Protectoseal Co., Electronic System Design, Inc. is a company that specializes in electronics technology for the water industry. The company is based in Palatine, IL. The company provides water process control boards for reverse osmosis water purification systems and water vending machines. Electronic System Design was acquired by The Protectoseal Co. on December 18, 2012.

Part of Dell Technologies, Inc., DSSD, Inc. develops storage systems for performance computing, data analytics, and networking. The company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company was founded by Bill Moore, Jeff Bonwick, Mike Shapiro, Andreas Bechtolsheim.