Farrokh Farrokhi

Part of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Bell Labs Design Automation Group is a developer and manufacturer of telecommunications systems, software, and products. The company is based in Murray Hill, NJ. Bell Labs Design Automation Group was acquired by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. from Lucent Technologies, Inc. on September 30, 1998 for $58 million.

Centillium Communications, Inc. designs, develops and supplies integrated programmable system-on-a-chip solutions that enable high-speed broadband access. Its products include passive optical network chip solutions; mixed-signal integrated circuits, hardware and software applications. The firm also offers fiber to the premises products that include central office transceivers, protocol processors, customer premise equipment transceivers and protocol processors. The company was founded in 1997 by Faraj Aalaei and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Cognio, Inc. provides wireless networking solutions. Its Intelligent Spectrum Management (ISM) technology brings spectrum analysis to the IT world solving critical challenges in maintaining the integrity of wireless communications. The company was founded by Neil Diener and Gary Sugar in November 2000 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

EnVerv, Inc. specializes in designing communications chips for metering infrastructure. The company was founded by Reza Mirkhani and Farrokh Farrokhi in 2009 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

ON Semiconductor Connectivity Solutions, Inc. engages in the design, development, and marketing of wireless communication solutions enabling wireless local area networking. It serves the retail, home networking, carrier and consumer electronics industries. The company was founded by Farrokh Farrokhi, Andrea Goldsmith, and Behrooz Rezvani on November 28, 2005 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.