Kevin Eichler

Credence Systems Corporation is the industry provider of design-to-test solutions for the global semiconductor industry. By applying leading-edge technology to lower the overall cost-of-test, Credence delivers competitive cost and performance advantages to integrated device manufacturers, wafer foundries, outsource assembly and test suppliers and fabless chip companies worldwide. Credence was founded in 1978 and is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol CMOS. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, Credence maintains a worldwide presence in twenty countries.

Part of CoreLogic, Inc., National Information Group, Inc. underwrites specialized fire insurance, automobile, and personal property physical damage insurance. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. National Information Group was acquired by The First American Corp. (California) on May 14, 1999 for $52.30 million.

Visigenic Software, Inc. provides software tools for database and distributed computing development, as well as connectivity for the Internet. The company is based in Scotts Valley, CA. The company was founded by Roger J. Sippl. Visigenic Software was acquired by Borland Software Corp., part of Micro Focus International Plc from July 27, 2009 on March 02, 1998 for $111.88 million.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of intellectual property processor architectures and cores. Its products include Warrior M-Class, Warrior I-Class, Warrior-P Class, AptiveGeneration, and microMIPS ISA. The company was founded by John L. Hennessy in 1984 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

SupportSoft, Inc. provides solutions that ensure business processes and related technology critical to real-time enterprises — as well as the digital services consumers have come to rely upon — work as planned.

Magma Design Automation develops software for electronic design automation. The company was founded by Rajeev Madhavan on March 16, 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.