Hamid Najafi

DisplayLink Corp. engages in the development of software compression technology. It offers universal docking stations, universal serial bus (USB) monitors, USB adapters, wireless virtual reality products, and meeting room systems. The company was founded by Martin King, Quentin Stafford-Fraser, Andrew Fisher, and Tim Glauert in 2003 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

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.

Varioptic SA manufactures autofocus lens for digital imaging applications. The firm offers liquid lenses for development of electrowetting technology to create variable focus lenses with no moving parts. The company was founded by Bruno Berge in 2002 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.