PLX Technology, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. PLX Technology, Inc. (PLX) develops and supplies semiconductor devices that accelerate and manage the transfer of data in microprocessor-based systems, including networking and telecommunications, enterprise storage, servers, personal computers (PCs), PC peripherals, consumer electronics, imaging, and industrial products. PLX offers a complete solution consisting of two related types of products: semiconductor devices and development kits. The company markets its products to customers that sell electronic systems in the server, storage, communications, industrial, and consumer markets. On January 2, 2009, PLX completed the acquisition of Oxford Semiconductor, Inc.

SGL CARBON company, one of the world's largest makers of graphite and carbon products, makes electrodes used to melt steel scrap. SGL CARBON also manufactures mechanical carbons and electrical contacts, along with graphite foils, carbon fibers, expanded graphite and fabrics, composites, carbon-ceramic brake discs, and fuel cell components. Customers range from companies in the aerospace and automobile industries to chemical and energy companies.

CEM is a company based on innovation that touches many different industries and scientific disciplines. CEM helped pioneer the field of microwave chemistry and have long been recognized for expertise on the subject through publications and awards. For more than 30 years, CEM have been designing and developing laboratory instruments and scientific methods (both microwave-based and non-microwave technologies) that are used by major companies, prestigious research institutes, and universities around the world.

MOSAID Technologies Incorporated engages in the licensing of patented semiconductor and telecommunications intellectual property (IP), complemented by the development of memory and other technologies. The company has right to license approximately 50 patents and foreign counterparts relating to digital signal processors (DSPs), reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processors, microprocessors, microcontrollers, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), application specific standard products (ASSPs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and semiconductor memory and processing technologies. The company also owns a portfolio of 400 patents relating to DRAM, Flash memory and semiconductor process technology. It also owns patents relate to technologies, including power over Ethernet (PoE), voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), IP private branch exchanges (IP-PBXs), wireless access points (WAP), IP digital subscriber line access multiplexers (IP-DSLAMs), cable modems, and asynchronous DSL (ADSL) modems. Licensing Programs The company has two major licensing programs, including the semiconductor licensing program and the telecommunications licensing program. The semiconductor licensing program focuses on licensing its memory patent portfolio, which includes patents related primarily to DRAM, Flash memory and PSRAM, and its microcomponents patent portfolio. The telecommunications licensing program focuses on licensing the company’s wireless patent portfolio, and on licensing the communications portfolio. As of April 30, 2008, the company had granted 33 patent licenses to companies headquartered in Asia, Europe and North America.

Macronix International Co., Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Hsin-chu, Taiwan. Macronix International Co., Ltd. together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies integrated circuits (IC) and memory chips in Asia, Europe, and the United States. It also engages in the design, research and development, consultation, and trade of related products. The company offers base band chips, analog baseband chips, mobile payment control chips, audio multimedia chips, digital multimedia broadcasting and IC controlled chips, digital skill camera controller ICs, and flat panel display controller ICs. In addition, it involves in the research, design, development, manufacture, and sale of memory system and other memory products for special application; develop, design, and sale of application software and related technical consultation and services; and provision of software system consulting, software system design, and software integrating services.

Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) is a global designer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical devices with manufacturing, design and testing facilities in the United States, Malta, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Czech Republic, China, Singapore, the Philippines and India. We design, manufacture and market devices employing electrical, electronic, wireless, radio remote control, sensing and optical technologies to control and convey signals through sensors, interconnections and controls. Our business is managed on a segment basis, with those segments being Automotive, Interconnect, Power Products and Other. Our components are in the primary end markets of the automobile, computer, information processing and networking equipment, voice and data communication systems, consumer electronics, appliances, aerospace vehicles and industrial equipment industries.

PNI Sensor Corporation Company products include compasses -- used in General Motor, Ford, and Chrysler vehicles and Brunswick Boats -- digital alcohol detectors, and other sensor products used by Timex and Johnson Controls. Consumer offerings include the AlcAlert Breath Alcohol Testers, Sensoro Radar/Laser Detectors, SnapDisk Memory Card-to-CD burners (digital photos-to-CDs), and Wayfinder and Corsa Compass Systems. PNI sells its consumer products to Brookstone, Costco, Wal-Mart, and other retailers. Chairman and CEO George Hsu and outside investors own the company.

Ryosan distributes semiconductors, as well as electronic components, IT products, and semiconductor fabrication equipment, on behalf of companies including Elpida Memory, Macronix International, NEC Electronics, and NXP. Semiconductors and electronic components, such as condensers and transformers, make up the bulk of company revenues. The company also manufactures heat sinks and other products of its own design. Ryosan gets about 70% of its sales from Japan and much of the rest comes from elsewhere in Asia.

Pulse, a Technitrol (NYSE: TNL) Company, is a worldwide leader in electronic component and subassembly design and manufacturing. Pulse's wide array of power and signal products are used in computing, networking and communications, power conversion, defense, aerospace, automotive, and consumer electronics. With state-of-the-art custom designs and catalog products, Pulse is a complete source for electronic OEMs, contract manufacturers, and ODMs. Pulse is a participating member of IEEE, ATIS, ETSI, HDMI, the DSL Forum, CommNexus, and MoCA.

Meade Instruments Corp., a consumer optics company, designs, manufactures, imports, and distributes telescopes, telescope accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes, and other consumer optical products principally in North America and Europe. The company offers its products under the Meade and Coronado brands. Its products include LX200 series of telescopes that combine LX200 with the precision of advanced coma free optics; the LX90GPS, which provides GPS capabilities to Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope; and the Deep Sky Imager series of charge-coupled device cameras. The company primarily serves the beginning, intermediate, and serious amateur astronomers. It sells its products through a network of mail order and Internet dealers, specialty retailers, distributors, and mass merchandisers. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

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