This page contains the list of companies in Semiconductor - Specialized category. Click on the company name to get further details of the company.

Oclaro, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Oclaro, Inc., formerly Bookham, Inc., designs, manufactures and market optical components, modules and subsystems that generate, detect, amplify, combine and separate light signals principally for use in fiber optics communications networks. The Company operates in two business segments: telecom and advanced photonics solutions. Its telecom segment relates to the design, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of optical component products to telecommunications systems vendors. advanced photonics solutions which is focused on the design, manufacture, marketing and sale of optics and photonics solutions for markets including material processing, medical, industrial, printing and biotechnology. It principally sell its transmission and regeneration and optical routing products to telecommunications systems and components vendors, as well as to customers in data communications, military and aerospace. In December 2009, the Company acquired Xtellus, Inc.

On Track Innovations Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Rosh Pina, Israel. On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) designs, develops and markets secure contactless microprocessor-based smart card technology to address the needs of a variety of markets. Because the Company’s cards contain a microprocessor, they can store and process information and run multiple applications. OTI’s cards are referred to as contactless because they do not require physical contact with a card reader, as power and data are transferred to a card through a magnetic field generated by a card reader. The Company offers three lines of solutions, each of which constitutes a complete system, as well as components (such as smart cards and readers) that it sells to original equipment manufacturers (OEM), for incorporation into their own products. OTI’s three vertical markets are Payment Solutions, Petroleum Systems and SmartID Solutions. In June 2008, the Company, through its subsidiary PARX Ltd., acquired PARX France (formerly ID Parking).

OPTi Inc. company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. OPTi Inc. (OPTi) is engaged in licensing its intellectual property for use by personal computer (PC) manufacturers and semiconductor device manufacturers. The Company was founded as an independent supplier of semiconductor products to the personal computer and embedded marketplaces. The Company’s principal business were its logic products for desktop PCs. In September 2002, the Company sold its product fabrication, distribution and sales operation to Opti Technologies Inc. On August 3, 2006, the Company entered into a license and settlement agreement with NVIDIA Corporation (NVIDIA). Under the License Agreement, the Company agreed to dismiss its patent infringement lawsuit against NVIDIA and license certain patents to NVIDIA. On February 5, 2007 the Company announced that it received a letter from NVIDIA stating that NVIDIA has discontinued the use of the Predictive Snooping technology that it had licensed from the Company pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement.

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (Rubicon) is an electronic materials provider. The Company develops, manufactures and sells monocrystalline sapphire and other crystalline products for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), blue laser diodes, optoelectronics and other optical applications. Its product line is two to four inch sapphire wafers for use in LEDs and blue laser diodes for solid state lighting and electronic applications. In addition, it sells six inch sapphire wafers that are used for Silicon-on-Sapphire (SOS) RFICs, as well as products for military, aerospace, sensor and other applications. It also manufactures six inch products to support LED, and eight inch products to support RFIC and optical window applications. Rubicon sells its products on a global basis to customers in Asia, North America and Europe.

Sigma Designs, Inc. company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California. Sigma Designs, Inc. is a fabless provider of integrated system-on-chip (SoC), solutions that are used to deliver multimedia entertainment throughout the home. The Company offers four distinct technologies that the Company market as separate product lines: media processors, VXP video image processing, Ultra-wideband devices and Z-wave devices. Each of these technologies also contributes to its fully integrated SoC offerings. Its SoC solutions combine its semiconductors and software and are a component of multiple high-growth, consumer applications that process digital video and audio content, including Internet protocol television (IPTV), connected media player, high definition televisions (HDTVs), and portable media players. Its media processors provide high definition digital video decoding for multiple compression standards, graphics acceleration, audio decoding, a central processing unit (CPU), and display control. In November 2009, it acquired CopperGate Communications Ltd.

Silicon Laboratories Inc. company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Silicon Laboratories Inc. engages in the design and development of analog-intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs). It offers broadcast products, which include broadcast radio receivers and transmitters, video tuners and demodulators, satellite set-top box receivers, and satellite radio tuners; access products that comprise ISOmodem embedded modems, voice over IP products, and power over ethernet devices; broad-based products, including 8-bit microcontroller products, timing products, short-range wireless transceivers, isolators, current sensors and QuickSense portfolio of touch, and proximity and ambient light sensing devices; and mature products comprising silicon DAA for PC modems, DSL analog front end ICs, optical physical layer transceivers, and RF synthesizers. Silicon Laboratories company's products are used in a range of applications, including portable devices, satellite set top boxes, AM/FM radios and other consumer electronics, networking equipment, test and measurement equipment, industrial monitoring and control, central office telephone equipment, and customer premises equipment. Silicon Laboratories markets its products directly, as well as through a network of independent sales representatives, and distributors in the United States, Taiwan, China, South Korea, and the rest of world.

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Qidong, the People's Republic of China. Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer of silicon ingots, photovoltaic (PV) cells and PV modules in China. The Company manufactures a variety of silicon ingots, PV cells and PV modules. The Company also provides PV cell processing services and PV module processing services. It sells PV cells and PV modules both directly to system integrators and through third-party distributors. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company sold its products to over 40 customers, in Germany, Spain and Italy, as well as several other European countries. The Company conduct its business in China through its operating subsidiary, Linyang China. In February 2008, the Company established Solarfun Power Deutschland GmbH. On August 1, 2008, the Company acquired the remaining 48% equity interest in Yangguang Solar.

STR Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1944 and is based in Enfield, Connecticut. STR Holdings LLC (Holidngs) is engaged in solar power module encapsulant manufacturing and consumer product quality assurance. Its solar business provides encapsulants, which are specialty extruded sheets and film, which hold the solar module together and protect the semiconductor circuit of a solar panel. Encapsulants are a critical component used in solar modules. Holdings’ quality assurance business provides testing services exclusively focused on the consumer products market. The Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, STR Acquisition, Inc. (STR Acquisition) were created to acquire Specialized Technology Resources, Inc. (STRI) and its subsidiaries. STRI was acquired on June 15, 2007 through a transaction with STR Acquisition, which was accomplished through the merger of STR Acquisition with and into STRI with STRI being the surviving corporation.

SunPower Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of solar electric power technologies. The company operates in two segments, Components and Systems. The Components segment sells solar power products, including solar cells, solar panels, and inverters, which convert sunlight to electricity for the utility networks serving installers and resellers for use in residential and commercial applications. It also sells products for use in multi-megawatt solar power plant applications. The Systems segment offers power systems and system technologies, which include development, engineering, and procurement of permits and equipment, as well as construction management, access to financing, monitoring, and maintenance services. This segment serves commercial and governmental entities, investors, utilities, production home builders, and home owners. It has solar power system projects in various countries, including Germany, Italy, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, and the United States. This segment also sells distributed rooftop and ground-mounted solar power systems, and central-station power plants. SunPower Corporation offers its products and services through a network of dealers primarily in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. SunPower Corporation (NasdaqGS: SPWR.A) operates independently of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation as of September 22, 2008.

Trident Microsystems, Inc. company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Trident) designs, develops and markets integrated circuits (ICs) for digital media applications, such as digital television and liquid crystal display (LCD). The Company’s system-on-a-chip (SoC), semiconductors provide the intelligence for these types of displays by processing and optimizing video and computer graphic signals to produce high-quality and realistic images. Trident’s discrete products include frame rate converter (FRC), demodulator (DRX) and audio decoder products. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 (fiscal 2009), the digital media segment accounted for all of its revenues. In February 2010, the Company acquired NXP Semiconductor's television systems and set-top box business lines.
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