E. Floyd Kvamme

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.

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. provided radio frequency (RF) solutions and foundry services. It designs, develops and manufactures RF solutions with Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, Surface Acoustic Wave and Bulk Acoustic Wave technologies for customers worldwide. The company offered a array of filtering, switching and amplification products for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications. TriQuint Semiconductor was founded in 1985 and was headquartered in Hillsboro, OR.

Photon Dynamics, Inc. manufactures test inspection and repair systems for the flat panel display industry. The company was founded on May 12, 1986 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Brio Technology, Inc. used to provide software solutions to help companies extract, integrate, analyze and report information. Its software products were enable individuals, workgroups and executives in organizations to view data and information allowing for more actionable insight for business decisions. It used to offer a set of technologies that create an integrated analytic platform called the Brio Business Performance Platform. It was founded in year 1984 and was headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.