Top Ten Company Profiles Hitachi, Ltd...... 1-1 IBM Microelectronics ...... 1-9 Intel Corporation...... 1-18 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation...... 1-34 Motorola, Inc...... 1-41 NEC Corporation ...... 1-57 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd...... 1-64 SGS-Thomson Microelectronics...... 1-73 Texas Instruments Incorporated...... 1-85 Toshiba Corporation ...... 1-99

North American Company Profiles 8x8, Inc...... 2-1 ACC Microelectronics Corporation (see Auctor Corporation) ...... 2-3 Actel Corporation...... 2-4 Advanced Hardware Architectures Corporation ...... 2-9 Advanced Power Technology, Inc...... 2-12 Alberta Microelectronic Corporation (AMC) ...... 2-14 Allegro MicroSystems, Inc...... 2-16 Alliance Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-19 AlliedSignal Microelectronics & Technology Center...... 2-23 Alpha Industries, Inc...... 2-25 Altera Corporation ...... 2-26 AMCC (Applied Micro Circuits Corporation)...... 2-30 AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) ...... 2-33 AMI (American Microsystems Inc.) ...... 2-40 Anadigics, Inc...... 2-44 Analog Devices, Inc...... 2-46 ARK Logic, Inc. (see ICS) Aptos Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-52 Array Microsystems, Inc...... 2-54 Aspec Technology, Inc...... 2-56 Atmel Corporation ...... 2-57 Auctor Corporation/ACC Microelectronics Corporation...... 2-63

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Audio DigitalImaging Inc. (ADI) ...... 2-65 Aureal Semiconductor ...... 2-66 Austin Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-69 Bell Laboratories (see Lucent Technologies) Benchmarq Microelectronics, Inc. (see Unitrode Corporation) ...... 2-71 Bright Microelectronics, Inc...... 2-73 Broadcom Corporation ...... 2-74 Brooktree Corporation (see Rockwell Semiconductor Systems) Burr-Brown Corporation ...... 2-77 C-Cube Microsystems Inc...... 2-81 California Micro Devices Corporation (CMD)...... 2-84 Calogic Corporation...... 2-87 Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-89 Celeritek, Inc...... 2-93 Cherry Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-96 Chip Express Corporation ...... 2-99 Chips and Technologies, Inc. (see Intel Corporation) ...... 2-102 Chrontel, Inc...... 2-105 Cirent Semiconductor (see Cirrus Logic or Lucent Technologies) Cirrus Logic, Inc...... 2-108 Comlinear Corporation (see National Semiconductor) Compensated Devices, Incorporated (CDI) ...... 2-113 C.P. Clare Corporation ...... 2-114 Crystal Semiconductor Corporation (see Cirrus Logic) Cypress Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-118 Cyrix Corporation (a National Semiconductor Company) ...... 2-123 Dallas Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-126 Delco Electronics Corporation (see Hughes Electronics) Digital Semiconductor (see Intel Corporation) ...... 2-129 Diodes Inc...... 2-132 Dionics Inc...... 2-134 Dominion Semiconductor (see IBM or Toshiba) DSP Group, Inc...... 2-136 Edal Industries, Inc...... 2-139 EDI (Electronic Designs Inc.) ...... 2-141 EG&G Optoelectronics ...... 2-144 Elantec Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-146 Electronic Technology Corporation...... 2-149 ENSONIQ Corporation ...... 2-150 Enhanced Memory Systems, Inc. (see Ramtron) ESS Technology, Inc...... 2-153 Exar Corporation ...... 2-155 Extel Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-158 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-160 General Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-164

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Genesis Microchip Inc...... 2-167 Gennum Corporation...... 2-169 Germanium Power Devices Corporation (GPD) ...... 2-171 GHz Technology, Inc...... 2-172 GMT Microelectronics Corporation (GMT) ...... 2-174 GrayChip ...... 2-177 GTE Microelectronics (see Micro Networks) Harris Semiconductor...... 2-178 Holt Integrated Circuits...... 2-184 Honeywell, Incorporated...... 2-186 HP (Hewlett-Packard Company) ...... 2-189 Hughes Aircraft Company (see Hughes Electronics) Hughes Electronics Corporation (see Raytheon)...... 2-194 Hutson Industries ...... 2-197 IBM Microelectronics (see Top Ten) IC Works, Inc...... 2-199 ICS (Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc.)...... 2-201 ICT Inc...... 2-204 IDT (Integrated Device Technology Inc.)...... 2-206 IMI (International Microcircuits Inc.) ...... 2-210 IMP, Inc...... 2-212 Infinite Technology Corporation...... 2-217 Integraphics Systems, Inc. (IGS) ...... 2-219 Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. (ISSI) ...... 2-221 Integrated Technology Express, Inc...... 2-226 Integrated Telecom Technology, Inc...... 2-228 Intel Corporation (see Top Ten) InterFET Corporation...... 2-230 International Rectifier Corporation...... 2-231 ISD (Information Storage Devices, Inc.)...... 2-234 IXYS Corporation ...... 2-236 Lansdale Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-238 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-240 Level One Communications, Inc...... 2-243 LightSpeed Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-245 Linear Integrated Systems, Inc...... 2-247 Linear Technology Corporation ...... 2-248 Linfinity Microelectronics Inc...... 2-251 Logic Devices Incorporated...... 2-254 LSI Computer Systems, Inc...... 2-257 LSI Logic Corporation...... 2-258 Lucent Technologies...... 2-264 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc...... 2-271 Micrel Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-274 Micro Linear Corporation...... 2-277

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Micro Networks Corporation...... 2-280 Micro-Rel ...... 2-282 Microchip Technology Inc...... 2-283 Micron Technology, Inc...... 2-287 Microsemi Corporation ...... 2-291 Microwave Monolithics, Inc. (MMInc.) ...... 2-294 Microwave Technology ...... 2-295 MiCRUS (see Cirrus Logic or IBM Microelectronics) Mitel Semiconductor...... 2-296 Mitel Semiconductor [Formerly GEC Plessey Semiconductors (GPS)]...... 2-298 MMC Networks...... 2-302 Mosaic Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-307 MOSAID Technologies Incorporated...... 2-308 Motorola, Inc (see Top Ten) MUSIC Semiconductors, Inc...... 2-311 MX-COM, Inc./Semiconductor Division...... 2-314 National Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-318 NeoMagic Corporation ...... 2-325 NVIDIA Corporation...... 2-327 Oak Technology Inc...... 2-330 Omnirel Corporation ...... 2-333 Optek Technology, Inc...... 2-335 Orbit Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-337 Oxford Micro Devices, Inc...... 2-340 Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc. (PCSI, see Rockwell Semiconductor Systems) Pacific Monolithics, Inc...... 2-342 Paradigm Technology, Inc...... 2-343 Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-346 Performance Motion Devices ...... 2-348 Performance Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-349 Pericom Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-350 PicoPower Technology (see National Semiconductor) Pixel Semiconductor (see Cirrus Logic) PLX Technology Inc...... 2-352 PMC-Sierra, Inc...... 2-354 Power Integrations Inc...... 2-356 PowerTech, Inc...... 2-358 PPC Products Corporation...... 2-359 ProTek Devices ...... 2-360 QLogic Corporation ...... 2-361 QT Optoelectronics ...... 2-363 Quality Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-366 QuickLogic Corporation...... 2-369 Ramtron International Corporation...... 2-372 Raytheon ...... 2-376

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Real 3D ...... 2-379 Rendition, Inc...... 2-382 RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD) ...... 2-384 Rochester Electronics Inc...... 2-389 Rockwell Semiconductor Systems ...... 2-390 Ross Technology ...... 2-397 S-MOS Systems, Inc...... 2-399 S3 Incorporated...... 2-402 Scenix Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-405 Seeq Technology, Inc...... 2-407 Semicoa Semiconductor ...... 2-409 Semtech Corporation ...... 2-410 Sensory, Inc...... 2-412 Sierra Semiconductor Corporation (see PMC-Sierra) Sigma Designs, Inc...... 2-414 Signal Processing Technologies, Inc. (SPT) ...... 2-416 Silicon Composers, Inc...... 2-417 Silicon Microstructures, Inc. (see Exar) Silicon Systems, Inc. (see Texas Instruments) Siliconix Incorporated ...... 2-419 Simtek Corporation...... 2-423 Single Chip Systems Corporation ...... 2-425 Sipex Corporation...... 2-426 Solitron Devices, Inc...... 2-429 Space Electronics, Inc. (SEI) ...... 2-432 SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.)...... 2-434 Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) ...... 2-437 Star Semiconductor Corporation (see Logic Devices) Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. (STI) ...... 2-441 Suni Imaging Microsystems, Inc...... 2-445 Supertex, Inc...... 2-446 Symbios Logic Inc...... 2-449 Synergy Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-452 TelCom Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-455 Teltone Corporation ...... 2-457 Texas Instruments Incorporated (see Top Ten) TLSI, Incorporated...... 2-461 TranSwitch Corporation...... 2-462 Trident Microsystems, Inc...... 2-464 TriQuint Semiconductor Inc...... 2-467 TRW - GaAs Telecom Products Division...... 2-470 Tundra Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-473 TwinStar Semiconductor Inc. (see Texas Instruments or Hitachi) Unitrode Corporation ...... 2-475 Universal Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-478

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UTMC Microelectronic Systems...... 2-479 Vadem ...... 2-481 Vantis Corporation...... 2-484 Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-487 Vivid Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-490 VLSI Technology, Inc...... 2-492 Voltage Multipliers, Inc. (VMI) ...... 2-497 VSIS, Inc...... 2-499 VTC Inc...... 2-500 WaferTech LLC (see TSMC, Altera or Analog Devices) Weitek Corporation (see Rockwell Semiconductor Systems) Western Design Center, Inc...... 2-502 WSI, Inc...... 2-505 White Microelectronics/Bowmar Instrument Corporation ...... 2-507 White Oak Semiconductor (see Motorola or Siemens) Xicor, Inc...... 2-510 Xilinx, Inc...... 2-513 Zilog, Inc...... 2-517 Zoran Corporation ...... 2-520

Japanese Company Profiles Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd...... 3-1 Denso Corporation ...... 3-4 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd...... 3-6 Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Ltd. (FASL, see AMD or Fujitsu) Fujitsu Limited ...... 3-9 Hitachi, Ltd. (see Top Ten) Kawasaki Steel Corporation...... 3-17 KTI Semiconductor Ltd. (see Texas Instruments) Matsushita Electronics Corporation...... 3-20 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (see Top Ten) Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd...... 3-27 NEC Corporation (see Top Ten) New Japan Radio Co., Ltd...... 3-30 Nippon Precision Circuits Inc. (NPC) ...... 3-32 Nippon Steel Semiconductor Corporation (NPNX) ...... 3-34 NKK Corporation ...... 3-36 NTT Electronics Corporation ...... 3-38 Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd...... 3-39 Ricoh Co., Ltd...... 3-45 Rohm Co., Ltd...... 3-48 Sanken Electric Company, Ltd...... 3-51 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd...... 3-53 Seiko Epson Corporation ...... 3-57 Seiko Instruments Inc...... 3-60

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Sharp Corporation ...... 3-62 Sony Corporation ...... 3-67 Tohoku Semiconductor Corporation (see Motorola or Toshiba) Toshiba Corporation (see Top Ten) Yamaha Corporation ...... 3-73

European Company Profiles ABB Hafo AB (see Mitel Semiconductor) Acapella Ltd...... 4-1 Alcatel Microelectronics (AM)...... 4-3 Austria Mikro Systeme International AG (AMS) ...... 4-7 Robert Bosch GmbH ...... 4-11 Chipcon AS...... 4-14 Crolles Joint Research Center (see Philips Semiconductors) CSEM (see XEMICS) Dialog Semiconductor Limited...... 4-16 Elmos GmbH ...... 4-19 EM Microelectronic-Marin SA...... 4-20 Ericsson Components AB...... 4-23 ES2 (see Atmel Corporation) GEC-Marconi Materials Technology Limited ...... 4-26 GEC Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. (see Mitel Semiconductor) Hyperstone Electronics GmbH...... 4-30 Matra MHS S.A...... 4-32 Melexis ...... 4-34 Memory Corporation...... 4-36 Micro Circuit Engineering ...... 4-39 Micronas Semiconductor...... 4-41 Newport Wafer-Fab Limited (NWL)...... 4-44 Oxford Semiconductor Limited...... 4-47 Philips Semiconductors BV ...... 4-49 Pilkington Micro-electronics Limited (see Motorola) Power Innovations Ltd...... 4-59 PREMA...... 4-60 Rood Testhouse International N.V. a.k.a. RTI and Rood Technology ...... 4-61 Seagate Microelectronics Limited ...... 4-64 Semefab (Scotland) Limited...... 4-66 Semikron International ...... 4-68 SGS-Thomson Microelectronics (see Top Ten) Siemens AG ...... 4-72 Silicium Microelectronic Integration GmbH (SMI) - formerly System Microelectronic Innovation...... 4-79 SubMicron Semiconductor Technologies GmbH (SMST, see IBM or Philips) Swindon Silicon Systems Limited ...... 4-81 TEMIC (see Matra) Thesys Microelectronics GmbH ...... 4-82

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Thomson-CSF Semiconducteurs Specifiques (TCS)...... 4-85 United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) ...... 4-88 VTT Electronics ...... 4-90 Wolfson Microelectronics ...... 4-92 XEMICS SA...... 4-94 Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden GmbH (ZMD) ...... 4-96 Zetex Semiconductors...... 4-99

Rest of World Company Profiles Acer Laboratories, Inc...... 5-1 Alphatec Electronics Public Co., Ltd...... 5-2 Amkor/Anam Semiconductor...... 5-4 Angstrem ...... 5-7 Asicom Technologies, Ltd...... 5-9 ASMC (Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. of Shanghai) ...... 5-10 AWA MicroElectronics Pty., Ltd (see Quality Semiconductor) Bharat Electronics Ltd...... 5-12 Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (CSM)...... 5-14 Continental Device India Limited (CDIL)...... 5-19 Faraday Technology Corporation ...... 5-21 Galileo Technology Ltd...... 5-23 Hitachi Nippon Steel Semiconductor Singapore (see Hitachi or Nippon Steel Semiconductor) Holtek Microelectronics Inc...... 5-26 Huajing Electronics...... 5-28 Hualon Microelectronics Corporation (HMC) ...... 5-30 Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd...... 5-32 Industrial Technology Research Institute ...... 5-38 LG Semicon Co., Ltd...... 5-39 Libit Signal Processing Ltd...... 5-43 Macronix International Co., Ltd. (MXIC)...... 5-45 Metalink Ltd...... 5-49 Mikron...... 5-51 Mosel-Vitelic Inc...... 5-53 Nan Ya Technology (see Oki) Novacom Technologies Ltd...... 5-56 Powerchip Semiconductor (see Mitsubishi) ProMOS Technologies, Inc. (see Siemens or Mosel-Vitelic) RCL Semiconductors Limited...... 5-58 Realtek ...... 5-60 SAMES (South African Micro-Electronic Systems Pty., Ltd.)...... 5-62 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (see Top Ten) Semiconductor Complex Ltd...... 5-65 Shougang NEC Electronics Co., Ltd. (see NEC) TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte Ltd. (see Texas Instruments or HP) TI-Acer Inc. (see Texas Instruments)

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Tower Semiconductor Ltd...... 5-67 TriTech Microelectronics Ltd...... 5-70 TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.) ...... 5-72 U-Jin Electronics Company, Ltd...... 5-77 UMC (United Microelectronics Corporation) ...... 5-78 United Integrated Circuits Corporation (UICC, see UMC) United Semiconductor Corporation (USC, see UMC) United Silicon, Inc. (USI, see UMC) Valence Semiconductor Design Ltd...... 5-82 Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS)...... 5-83 Via Technologies, Inc...... 5-86 Winbond Electronics Corporation...... 5-89 Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation...... 5-94

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Alphabetical Listing of Companies

8x8, Inc...... 2-1 ABB Hafo AB (see Mitel Semiconductor) Acapella Ltd...... 4-1 ACC Microelectronics Corporation (see Auctor Corporation) ...... 2-3 Acer Laboratories, Inc...... 5-1 Actel Corporation...... 2-4 Advanced Hardware Architectures Corporation ...... 2-9 Advanced Power Technology, Inc...... 2-12 Alberta Microelectronic Corporation (AMC) ...... 2-14 Alcatel Microelectronics (AM)...... 4-3 Allegro MicroSystems, Inc...... 2-16 Alliance Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-19 AlliedSignal Microelectronics & Technology Center ...... 2-23 Alpha Industries, Inc...... 2-25 Alphatec Electronics Public Co., Ltd...... 5-2 Altera Corporation ...... 2-26 AMCC (Applied Micro Circuits Corporation)...... 2-30 AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) ...... 2-33 AMI (American Microsystems Inc.) ...... 2-40 Amkor/Anam Semiconductor...... 5-4 Anadigics, Inc...... 2-44 Analog Devices, Inc...... 2-46 Angstrem ...... 5-7 Aptos Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-52 ARK Logic, Inc. (see ICS) Array Microsystems, Inc...... 2-54 Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd...... 3-1 Asicom Technologies, Ltd...... 5-9 ASMC (Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. of Shanghai) ...... 5-10 Aspec Technology, Inc...... 2-56 Atmel Corporation ...... 2-57 Auctor Corporation/ACC Microelectronics Corporation...... 2-63 Audio DigitalImaging Inc. (ADI) ...... 2-65 Aureal Semiconductor ...... 2-66 Austin Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-67 Austria Mikro Systeme International AG (AMS) ...... 4-7 AWA MicroElectronics Pty., Ltd (see Quality Semiconductor) Bell Laboratories (see Lucent Technologies) Benchmarq Microelectronics, Inc. (see Unitrode Corporation) ...... 2-71

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Bharat Electronics Ltd...... 5-12 Bright Microelectronics, Inc...... 2-73 Broadcom Corporation ...... 2-74 Brooktree Corporation (see Rockwell Semiconductor Systems) Burr-Brown Corporation ...... 2-77 C-Cube Microsystems Inc...... 2-81 C.P. Clare Corporation ...... 2-112 California Micro Devices Corporation (CMD)...... 2-84 Calogic Corporation...... 2-87 Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-89 Celeritek, Inc...... 2-93 Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (CSM)...... 5-14 Cherry Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-96 Chip Express Corporation ...... 2-99 Chipcon AS...... 4-14 Chips and Technologies, Inc. (see Intel Corporation) ...... 2-102 Chrontel, Inc...... 2-105 Cirent Semiconductor (see Cirrus Logic or Lucent Technologies) Cirrus Logic, Inc...... 2-108 Comlinear Corporation (see National Semiconductor) Compensated Devices, Incorporated (CDI) ...... 2-113 Continental Device India Limited (CDIL)...... 5-19 Crolles Joint Research Center (see Philips Semiconductors) Crystal Semiconductor Corporation (see Cirrus Logic) CSEM (see XEMICS) Cypress Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-118 Cyrix Corporation (a National Semiconductor Company) ...... 2-123 Dallas Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-126 Delco Electronics Corporation (see Hughes Electronics) Denso Corporation ...... 3-4 Dialog Semiconductor Limited...... 4-16 Digital Semiconductor (see Intel Corporation) ...... 2-129 Diodes Inc...... 2-132 Dionics Inc...... 2-134 Dominion Semiconductor (see IBM or Toshiba) DSP Group, Inc...... 2-136 Edal Industries, Inc...... 2-139 EDI (Electronic Designs Inc.) ...... 2-141 EG&G Optoelectronics ...... 2-144 Elantec Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-146 Electronic Technology Corporation...... 2-149 Elmos GmbH ...... 4-19 EM Microelectronic-Marin SA...... 4-20 Enhanced Memory Systems, Inc. (see Ramtron) ENSONIQ Corporation ...... 2-150

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Ericsson Components AB...... 4-23 ES2 (see Atmel Corporation) ESS Technology, Inc...... 2-153 Exar Corporation ...... 2-155 Extel Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-158 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-160 Faraday Technology Corporation ...... 5-21 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd...... 3-6 Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Ltd. (FASL, see AMD or Fujitsu) Fujitsu Limited ...... 3-9 Galileo Technology Ltd...... 5-23 GEC Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. (see Mitel Semiconductor) GEC-Marconi Materials Technology Limited ...... 4-26 General Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-164 Genesis Microchip Inc...... 2-167 Gennum Corporation...... 2-169 Germanium Power Devices Corporation (GPD) ...... 2-171 GHz Technology, Inc...... 2-172 GMT Microelectronics Corporation (GMT) ...... 2-174 GrayChip ...... 2-177 GTE Microelectronics (see Micro Networks) Harris Semiconductor...... 2-178 Hitachi Nippon Steel Semiconductor Singapore (see Hitachi or Nippon Steel Semiconductor) Hitachi, Ltd...... 1-1 Holt Integrated Circuits...... 2-184 Holtek Microelectronics Inc...... 5-26 Honeywell, Incorporated...... 2-196 HP (Hewlett-Packard Company) ...... 2-187 Huajing Electronics...... 5-28 Hualon Microelectronics Corporation (HMC) ...... 5-30 Hughes Aircraft Company (see Hughes Electronics) Hughes Electronics Corporation (see Raytheon)...... 2-174 Hutson Industries ...... 2-195 Hyperstone Electronics GmbH...... 4-30 Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd...... 5-32 IBM Microelectronics ...... 1-9 IC Works, Inc...... 2-199 ICS (Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc.)...... 2-201 ICT Inc...... 2-204 IDT (Integrated Device Technology Inc.)...... 2-206 IMI (International Microcircuits Inc.) ...... 2-210 IMP, Inc...... 2-212 Industrial Technology Research Institute ...... 5-38 Infinite Technology Corporation...... 2-217 Integraphics Systems, Inc. (IGS) ...... 2-219

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Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. (ISSI) ...... 2-221 Integrated Technology Express, Inc...... 2-226 Integrated Telecom Technology, Inc...... 2-228 Intel Corporation...... 1-18 InterFET Corporation...... 2-230 International Rectifier Corporation...... 2-231 ISD (Information Storage Devices, Inc.)...... 2-231 IXYS Corporation ...... 2-234 Kawasaki Steel Corporation...... 3-17 KTI Semiconductor Ltd. (see Texas Instruments) Lansdale Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-238 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-240 Level One Communications, Inc...... 2-243 LG Semicon Co., Ltd...... 5-39 Libit Signal Processing Ltd...... 5-43 LightSpeed Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-245 Linear Integrated Systems, Inc...... 2-247 Linear Technology Corporation ...... 2-248 Linfinity Microelectronics Inc...... 2-251 Logic Devices Incorporated...... 2-254 LSI Computer Systems, Inc...... 2-257 LSI Logic Corporation...... 2-258 Lucent Technologies...... 2-264 Macronix International Co., Ltd. (MXIC)...... 5-45 Matra MHS S.A...... 4-32 Matsushita Electronics Corporation...... 3-20 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc...... 2-271 Melexis ...... 4-34 Memory Corporation...... 4-36 Metalink Ltd...... 5-49 Micrel Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-274 Micro Circuit Engineering ...... 4-39 Micro Linear Corporation...... 2-277 Micro Networks Corporation...... 2-280 Micro-Rel ...... 2-282 Microchip Technology Inc...... 2-283 Micron Technology, Inc...... 2-287 Micronas Semiconductor...... 4-41 Microsemi Corporation ...... 2-291 Microwave Monolithics, Inc. (MMInc.) ...... 2-294 Microwave Technology ...... 2-295 MiCRUS (see Cirrus Logic or IBM Microelectronics) Mikron...... 5-51 Mitel Semiconductor...... 2-296 Mitel Semiconductor [Formerly GEC Plessey Semiconductors (GPS)]...... 2-298

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation...... 1-34 MMC Networks...... 2-302 Mosaic Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-307 MOSAID Technologies Incorporated...... 2-308 Mosel-Vitelic Inc...... 5-53 Motorola, Inc...... 1-41 Murata Manufacturing Company, Lt.d ...... 3-27 MUSIC Semiconductors, Inc...... 2-311 MX-COM, Inc./Semiconductor Division...... 2-314 Nan Ya Technology (see Oki) National Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-318 NEC Corporation ...... 1-57 NeoMagic Corporation ...... 2-325 New Japan Radio Co., Ltd...... 3-30 Newport Wafer-Fab Limited (NWL)...... 4-44 Nippon Precision Circuits Inc. (NPC) ...... 3-32 Nippon Steel Semiconductor Corporation (NPNX) ...... 3-34 NKK Corporation ...... 3-36 Novacom Technologies Ltd...... 5-56 NTT Electronics Corporation ...... 3-38 NVIDIA Corporation...... 2-327 Oak Technology Inc...... 2-330 Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd...... 3-39 Omnirel Corporation ...... 2-333 Optek Technology, Inc...... 2-335 Orbit Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-237 Oxford Micro Devices, Inc...... 2-340 Oxford Semiconductor Limited...... 4-47 Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc. (PCSI, see Rockwell Semiconductor Systems) Pacific Monolithics, Inc...... 2-342 Paradigm Technology, Inc...... 2-343 Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-346 Performance Motion Devices ...... 2-348 Performance Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-349 Pericom Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-350 Philips Semiconductors BV ...... 4-49 PicoPower Technology (see National Semiconductor) Pilkington Micro-electronics Limited (see Motorola) Pixel Semiconductor (see Cirrus Logic) PLX Technology Inc...... 2-352 PMC-Sierra, Inc...... 2-354 Power Innovations Ltd...... 4-59 Power Integrations Inc...... 2-356 Powerchip Semiconductor (see Mitsubishi) PowerTech, Inc...... 2-358

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PPC Products Corporation...... 2-355 PREMA...... 4-60 ProMOS Technologies, Inc. (see Siemens or Mosel-Vitelic) ProTek Devices ...... 2-356 QLogic Corporation ...... 2-357 QT Optoelectronics ...... 2-359 Quality Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-362 QuickLogic Corporation...... 2-365 Ramtron International Corporation...... 2-368 Raytheon ...... 2-372 RCL Semiconductors Limited...... 5-58 Real 3D ...... 2-375 Realtek ...... 5-60 Rendition, Inc...... 2-378 RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD) ...... 2-380 Ricoh Co., Ltd...... 3-45 Robert Bosch GmbH ...... 4-11 Rochester Electronics Inc...... 2-385 Rockwell Semiconductor Systems ...... 2-386 Rohm Co., Ltd...... 3-48 Rood Testhouse International N.V. a.k.a. RTI and Rood Technology...... 4-61 Ross Technology...... 2-393 S-MOS Systems, Inc...... 2-395 S3 Incorporated...... 2-398 SAMES (South African Micro-Electronic Systems Pty., Ltd.)...... 5-62 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd...... 1-64 Sanken Electric Company, Ltd...... 3-51 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd...... 3-53 Scenix Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-401 Seagate Microelectronics Limited ...... 4-64 Seeq Technology, Inc...... 2-403 Seiko Epson Corporation ...... 3-57 Seiko Instruments Inc...... 3-60 Semefab (Scotland) Limited...... 4-66 Semicoa Semiconductor ...... 2-405 Semiconductor Complex Ltd...... 5-65 Semikron International ...... 4-68 Semtech Corporation ...... 2-406 Sensory, Inc...... 2-408 SGS-Thomson Microelectronics...... 1-73 Sharp Corporation ...... 3-62 Shougang NEC Electronics Co., Ltd. (see NEC) Siemens AG ...... 4-72 Sierra Semiconductor Corporation (see PMC-Sierra) Sigma Designs, Inc...... 2-410

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Signal Processing Technologies, Inc. (SPT) ...... 2-412 Silicium Microelectronic Integration GmbH (SMI) - formerly System Microelectronic Innovation...... 4-79 Silicon Composers, Inc...... 2-413 Silicon Microstructures, Inc. (see Exar) Silicon Systems, Inc. (see Texas Instruments) Siliconix Incorporated ...... 2-415 Simtek Corporation...... 2-419 Single Chip Systems Corporation ...... 2-421 Sipex Corporation...... 2-422 Solitron Devices, Inc...... 2-425 Sony Corporation ...... 3-67 Space Electronics, Inc. (SEI) ...... 2-427 SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.)...... 2-429 Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC) ...... 2-432 Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. (STI) ...... 2-436 Star Semiconductor Corporation (see Logic Devices) SubMicron Semiconductor Technologies GmbH (SMST, see IBM or Philips) Suni Imaging Microsystems, Inc...... 2-440 Supertex, Inc...... 2-441 Swindon Silicon Systems Limited ...... 4-81 Symbios Logic Inc...... 2-444 Synergy Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-447 TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte Ltd. (see Texas Instruments or HP) TelCom Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-450 Teltone Corporation...... 2-452 TEMIC (see Matra) Texas Instruments Incorporated...... 1-85 Thesys Microelectronics GmbH ...... 4-82 Thomson-CSF Semiconducteurs Specifiques (TCS)...... 4-85 TI-Acer Inc. (see Texas Instruments) TLSI, Incorporated...... 2-456 Tohoku Semiconductor Corporation (see Motorola or Toshiba) Toshiba Corporation ...... 1-99 Tower Semiconductor Ltd...... 5-67 TranSwitch Corporation...... 2-457 Trident Microsystems, Inc...... 2-458 TriQuint Semiconductor Inc...... 2-461 TriTech Microelectronics Ltd...... 5-70 TRW - GaAs Telecom Products Division...... 2-464 TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.) ...... 5-72 Tundra Semiconductor Corporation ...... 2-467 TwinStar Semiconductor Inc. (see Texas Instruments or Hitachi) U-Jin Electronics Company, Ltd...... 5-77 UMC (United Microelectronics Corporation) ...... 5-78 United Integrated Circuits Corporation (UICC, see UMC)

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United Monolithic Semiconductors (UMS) ...... 4-88 United Semiconductor Corporation (USC, see UMC) United Silicon, Inc. (USI, see UMC) Unitrode Corporation ...... 2-469 Universal Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-472 UTMC Microelectronic Systems...... 2-473 Vadem ...... 2-475 Valence Semiconductor Design Ltd...... 5-82 Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS)...... 5-83 Vantis Corporation...... 2-478 Via Technologies, Inc...... 5-86 Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation...... 2-481 Vivid Semiconductor, Inc...... 2-484 VLSI Technology, Inc...... 2-486 Voltage Multipliers, Inc. (VMI) ...... 2-491 VSIS, Inc...... 2-493 VTC Inc...... 2-494 VTT Electronics ...... 4-90 WaferTech LLC (see TSMC, Altera or Analog Devices) Weitek Corporation (see Rockwell Semiconductor Systems) Western Design Center, Inc...... 2-496 White Microelectronics/Bowmar Instrument Corporation ...... 2-499 White Oak Semiconductor (see Motorola or Siemens) Winbond Electronics Corporation...... 5-89 Wolfson Microelectronics ...... 4-92 Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation...... 5-94 WSI, Inc...... 2-501 XEMICS SA...... 4-94 Xicor, Inc...... 2-504 Xilinx, Inc...... 2-507 Yamaha Corporation ...... 3-73 Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden GmbH (ZMD) ...... 4-96 Zetex Semiconductors...... 4-99 Zilog, Inc...... 2-511 Zoran Corporation ...... 2-514

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