Don Van Tran

Eaton Corp. engages in the provision of energy-efficient solutions. The company was founded by Viggo V. Torbensen and Joseph O. Eaton on August 28, 1916 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Nextest Systems Corp. designs and develops automatic test equipment systems. It provides automatic test equipment for non-volatile memory, microcontrollers, ASIC and System-On-a-Chip semiconductors. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

SBA Materials, Inc. develops engineered nano-structured materials. It engages in the development and commercialization of advanced electronic materials for back-end of line and packaging applications for semiconductor manufacturing. The firm has advanced electronic materials to address unmet needs of today's and tomorrow's electronic device manufacturers. The company was founded by Bradley F. Chmelka, William E. Cook, Daniel E. Morse and Galen D. Stucky in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Ponte Solutions, Inc. develops and markets unique model-based software products, that are used to predict and enable optimization of semiconductor yields at the design stage. It has offices in Mountain View-California, Grenoble-France, Tokyo-Japan and Yerevan-Armenia. The company was founded in 2002 and is located in Mountain View, CA.

Takumi Technology Corp. provides design for manufacturing system solutions for sub-wavelength process nodes. The company was founded by Adriaan Ligtenberg in October 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Grandis, Inc. develops and licenses non-volatile memory solutions. It specializes in semiconductor memories, STT-RAM, MRAM, DRAM, Flash, NAND, NOR, and embeded memories. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Cbrite, Inc. develops and researches diode switches for display applications. Its technology includes amoled backplane challenges, transistor technology, flexible displays, hemispherical array and detector for imaging. It is a flat panel backplane technology and has developed a remarkable new transistor technology for driving high performance LCDs and amoled displays. The firm has locations in Goleta, Hsinchu and Santa Barbara. The company was founded by Gang Yu, Boo Jorgen-Lars Nilsson and Alan J. Heeger in 2000 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Cogenra Solar, Inc. manufactures photovoltaic panels and systems. It offers T14 low concentration photovoltaic (LCPV) system that combines dense cell interconnect (DCI) technology. The company was founded by Gilad Almogy in 2009 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Persimmon Technologies Corp. provides vacuum robotics and hybrid-field motor technology. The firm offers its products, modules and automation systems to the semiconductor, data storage, LED, OLED, solar and flat panel display equipment markets. The company was founded by Michael W. Pippins and Martin Hosek in 2010 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.

Reno Sub-Systems, Inc. provides advanced RF sub-system technologies to the semiconductor industry. The company was founded by Imran A. Bhutta, Christopher Davis, David Ferran, Robert Ferran, Daniel Mudd, and Jeff Spencer in 2013 and is headquartered in Reno, NV.

Part of Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc., Novita Communications, Inc. develops digital multimedia communication solutions for PC and Internet users. The American company was founded by Hung Nguyen, Julien Nguyen. Novita Communications was acquired by Planetweb, Inc., part of Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. from December 14, 2009 on November 16, 1998.

Part of STEAG GmbH, CuTek Research, Inc. is a company that manufactures electroplating equipment for the semiconductor industry. The company is based in San Jose, CA. CuTek Research was acquired by Evonik Steag GmbH on January 31, 2000.

Part of Sigma Designs, Inc., E-Motions, Inc. is a company that specializes in graphic designs. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The company was founded by Julien Nguyen. E-Motions was acquired by Sigma Designs, Inc. on August 17, 1993 for $3.44 million.

Silicom Ventures LLC (Silicom Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Gadi Behar. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Applied Ventures LLC (Applied Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Applied Materials, Inc founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Envis Corp. develops software and hardware solutions. Its products will automatically analyze the design and place adaptive control logic and sensors that reduce dynamic power and leakage current. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative provides federal program for engineering, science, and technology research. The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

PowWow, Inc. provides mobile application transformation solutions. It specializes in force-fitting desktop apps onto mobile devices with remote desktop apps. It preserves and leverages existing application investments and transforms business-critical applications into fully-functioning native mobile apps that run on any mobile device. The company was founded by Andrew Cohen and Jonathan Kaplan in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

eJoule International Ltd. operates as a early stage development company. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Reno Sub-Systems Canada, Inc. provides technology services for semiconductor and other micro electronic industries. Its products include radio frequency matching network, radio frequency power generators, gas delivery products, and vacuum instrumentation. The company was founded by Imran A. Bhutta, Christopher Davis, and Daniel Mudd in 2013 and is headquartered in Bedford, Canada.