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Avnera is a fabless semiconductor firm making highly-integrated application targeted ICs for consumer audio and voice applications.  Avnera has deep analog and mixed-signal circuit design expertise, including the know-how to integrate diverse circuit types onto single pieces of silicon.  As such, Avnera IC's integrate RF, power management, audio data converters, host interfaces, & programmable DSPs onto low-cost CMOS, enabling very high performance at low total system cost.  Avnera IC products target applications in PC accessory audio, iPod accessory audio, home theater, and consumer & enterprise voice.  Avnera's list of customers includes names such as Logitech, Creative, Rocketfish, Panasonic, iHome, Vizio, Sanyo, Onkyo, Acoustic Research, Audioengine, Polycom, et al.

Kovio Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley company, is developing a new category of semiconductor products using printed silicon electronics and thin film technology. This new manufacturing technology combines the low cost of graphics printing with the power and functionality of silicon-based semiconductors. The company was founded in the MIT Media Laboratory.

ZettaCore is pioneering the field of molecular electronics. The company is focused on developing molecular materials to service the electronics industry. Their unique chemistry leverages the existing manufacturing infrastructure and enables the transition to higher performance at lower cost.

Ikanos develops robust, high performance semiconductor and software products. Their advanced communications processors, broadband DSL and other devices power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the worldâ€™s leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service providers. With more than 330 million ports shipped to date, they are enabling the cost-effective delivery of triple- and quadruple-play services to and throughout homes and offices around the world.

PixelOptics was founded in 2005 as the world's first composite lens company. Their unique and proprietary approach to lens design combines sound lens design principles and well-known, proven lens materials to create entirely new categories of eyeglass lenses.

Established in 2005, the Z-Wave Alliance is comprised of industry leaders throughout the globe that are dedicated to the development and extension of Z-Wave as the key enabling technology for 'smart' home and business applications.   Representing a broad range of industries, channels and consumer touch points, the Z-Wave Alliance members all share a common goal -- to bring advanced, yet practical wireless products and services to market that work together seamlessly, regardless of brand or vendor.  This interoperability between products and brands is unique to Z-Wave, which each Alliance member has adopted as its wireless technology of choice.  To assure this interoperability, each Z-Wave product must pass a stringent conformance test to assure that it meets the Z-Wave standard for complete compliance with all other devices and controls. The Z-Wave identity mark assures consumers, integrators, dealers and manufacturers that their products will reliably perform with any other Z-Wave device.  Z-Wave products and applications fall into every conceivable area of control and monitoring for residential and light commercial environments. They are powering revolutions in home safety and security, healthcare and independent aging, hospitality and real estate management and energy conservation. Z-Wave is at the forefront of green energy management technologies, allowing automated meter readings and enhanced demand management.

Zensys is a provider of wireless networking technology for control and status reading applications and the developer of Z-Wave, a low-cost, two-way, wireless mesh network communications technology that enables consumers to monitor and manage their lighting, security systems and other home controls easily, conveniently and securely from anywhere in the world.

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the recognized leader in nanometer circuit verification for analog, mixed-signal, RF, and custom digital verification. Over100 semiconductor worldwide companies rely on BDA to break down traditional barriers in the verification of their complex IC products.    BDA’s customers include the world’s leading suppliers of consumer electronics, mobile communications platforms, application processors, server chips, network processors, image sensors, and automotive ICs.    Berkeley Design Automation has received numerous industry awards and is widely recognized for its technology leadership and contributions to the electronics industry. The company is privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Panasonic Corp., NTT Corp., IT-Farm, and MUFJ Capital.

Entropic provides delivery, processing, and distribution of traditional HDTV broadcasts and IP-based streaming video content to the home. In addition to their next-generation STB, System-on-a-Chip, and connectivity solutions, entropic allows Pay-TV operators to provide consumers with engaging whole-home entertainment by transforming how digital entertainment is delivered, connected, and consumed at home.

Elixent, Ltd. supplies reconfigurable arithmetic processors in the United Kingdom. It offers reconfigurable semiconductor intellectual property, a technology that enables user to change the function of a chip even when in use. The company also offers silicon devices and supporting software. In addition, the company provides D-Fabrix, a reconfigurable algorithm processing technology that provides application specific integrated circuit designers with an alternative to fixed function chips; and reprogrammable algorithm solutions for system on chip platforms. Elixent, Ltd. is a spin off of Hewlett-Packard's Bristol Research Laboratories. The company was founded in October 2000 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Magis Networks was a provider of wireless home networking chipsets.

Panasonic Venture Group is the corporate venture capital arm of Panasonic. It began operation in 1998, with its headquarters in Cupertino in California.

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