Actelis Networks allows carriers to deploy fiber-quality transport services rapidly and inexpensively over existing local loop copper. Its patented spatial division multiplexing (SDM) technology optimizes transmission over multiple copper pairs while complying with telecom standards. As the industry leader, Actelis has deployed solutions in more than 30 countries, on six continents. Actelis is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) has developed a portfolio of proprietary wafer fabrication solutions designed to increase productivity and reduce manufacturing costs for semiconductor manufacturers. AMEC's etch and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems combine unique technology solutions with economic innovations for the 65/45-nm nodes and beyond. AMEC's global infrastructure includes R&D, manufacturing, business and support operations in China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

Aquest plans to become the leader in advanced material handling systems for the global semiconductor manufacturing industry. Aquest solutions increase the utilization of critical and expensive tools, thus increasing the throughput of the fab. Its global operations include Sunnyvale, California, United States; Tokyo, Japan; Tachung, Taiwan; and Bangalore, India.

Beceem Communications Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on WiMAX wireless chipset solutions. Beceem has been first to market with both WiMAX Wave 1 and Wave 2 chipsets, found at the core of computing devices, mobile devices, modules, routers, and gateways. Beceem is an active leader in developing industry standards, and co-chairs the WiMAX Forum Certification Group. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Beceem has additional facilities in Irvine, California, and Bangalore, India.

Greenfield Networks developed semiconductors to improve Ethernet packet processing for the metro Ethernet market. The Packetry™ family of Ethernet switching solutions provided the scalability to address a broad range of system architectures and applications. Based in Sunnyvale, California, with facilities in Bangalore, India, Greenfield Networks was acquired by Cisco Systems in December 2006.

iKoa Corporation, formerly Arithmosys, Inc., is developing a disruptive method for cost-effectively building low-power, high-performance silicon systems at 65nm and below. The technology is broadly applicable to multiple domains, including high-volume consumer markets (e.g., mobile devices for the communications, entertainment, and personal computers). iKoa's technology team has strong ties to research programs at Stanford University, University of Illinois and University of California, Berkeley. The company has operations in Menlo Park, California, and Hyderabad, India.

Melodis Corporation's sound recognition and search technologies are "Breaking the Silence" in human-computer interaction. The technologies have been applied to music search, text search and speech recognition, with additional applications under development. Its online community, www.Midomi.com, is building the world's most comprehensive database of music—searchable by singing
or humming in more ten different languages. Melodis is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Miradia designs and manufactures MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), including micro-mirror arrays that drive high performance, high-definition displays. Miradia's unique design for mirror-based micro-displays leverages standard IC manufacturing processes and modern bonding technology to reduce the cost of business front projectors and home theaters. Miradia is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Newport Media is a fabless semiconductor company that develops highly integrated solutions for emerging digital audio and mobile TV broadcast standards. Recognizing an opportunity when technologies in wireless handsets and digital set-top boxes converged, Newport developed broadcast multimedia architectures and IC implementations that offer unprecedented advantages in performance, power consumption, size and cost. Headquartered in Lake Forest, California, Newport has facilities in Egypt and Korea.

P-cube developed application and subscriber-aware IP service control solutions that allow service providers to classify applications, identify subscribers, improve service performance and charge for multiple IP services. Previously, IP networks could not differentiate between services such as voice-over-IP, Web browsing, music downloads, video streaming and P2P traffic. P-Cube was headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with R&D facilities in Herzliya, Israel, and offices in the United Kingdom, China, and Argentina. P-Cube was acquired by Cisco Systems in August 2004.

Reperio Co., Ltd. is developing the next generation of online direct marketing and lead generation to innovatively deliver value to advertisers and consumers. Reperio is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Siimpel specializes in MEMS fabrication and optical systems solutions for delivering high-quality digital camera products that meet the size constraints of mobile platforms. Increased performance and functionality expectations for imaging systems in phone handsets, laptops, PDAs and micro-cameras have created a global demand for low-cost, micro-imaging systems. Siimpel is located in Arcadia, California.

SliceX is a high performance analog company. SliceX headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah, with additional facilities in San Jose, California.

Teranetics is a mixed-signal IC company developing silicon solutions that enable significantly higher data rates over structured copper cabling than currently available. The products enable data centers and enterprise networks to cost-effectively scale their networking bandwidth. Teranetics was the first company to ship a production-ready 10GBASE-T semiconductor designed for next-generation network appliances. Teranetics headquarters are in Santa Clara, California.

Velio Communications, Inc., developed semiconductor solutions for the scaling and evolution of telecom, storage, and enterprise networks. Velio's products included high-speed interconnect and switch fabric application specific standard products (ASSPs). Based in Palo Alto, California, Velio was acquired by LSI Logic, Corp. in 2004.

Verient develops solutions to drive convergence in identity, security, customer care automation and online payment flexibility for Internet commerce. Its solutions will enable financial institutions to increase their top line, cross sell to their customers, and increase customer retention. Verient is located in San Jose, California.

yoomba is developing a new, disruptive approach to the VOIP, Internet telephony and personal communication space. Current yoomba solutions allow people to bring together their friends from multiple sources and networks—for example, from Outlook, Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook, and others. More capabilities are in development. yoomba's headquarters are in Menlo Park, California, additional facilities
are in Herzelya, Israel.