Thomas Klein

Summit Microelectronics, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures Designs and manufactures programmable power integrated circuits. It provides integrated power management solutions combining precision power regulation with sophisticated digital control in a single chip. The firm's fast charging solutions are found in a variety of leading mobile phones, tablets, and e-readers. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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.

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. designs, develops and markets analog discrete, logic, and non-volatile memory semiconductors. The company was founded by Gordon E. Moore, C. Sheldon Roberts, Eugene Kleiner, Robert N. Noyce, Victor H. Grinich, Julius Blank, Jean A. Hoerni and Jay T. Last on October 1, 1957 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

National Semiconductor (Maine), Inc. develops and manufactures silicon diffused transistors and other semiconductor devices. The company was founded on October 1, 1957 and is headquartered in South Portland, ME.