Michael Calise

Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. engages in the design, development and sale of semiconductor products. Its products are used in communication, computing, industrial automation, consumer and automotive applications. It offers serial and parallel Flash/electrically erasable programmable read only memories (EEPROM), programmable micro-controller supervisory and voltage reference circuits and mixed signal devices. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Benchmarq Microelectronics, Inc. manufactured integrated circuits and electronic modules for portable and power-sensitive electronic applications. The company was founded in April, 1989 and was headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Palmchip Corp. provides software and cloud based smartgrid applications. It offers cyber security, secure SOC platforms, and secure mobile apps. The company was founded by Jauher Zaidi in 1996 and is headquartered in Fallbrook, CA.

Improv Systems, Inc. designs and develops microprocessors, microcontrollers and digital signal processor solutions. Its product DSP is a configurable DSP that allows designers to create optimized DSP cores targeted to consumer electronics and telecommunications markets. The company was founded in 1997 by Diane Flynn and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

ClearSpeed Technology Ltd. designs and develops microprocessors and related products. It focuses on alleviating power, heat, and density challenges of high performance systems. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.