William J. Almon

Read Rite Corp. is one of the three major independent suppliers of magnetic recording heads for the hard disk drive and tape drive markets. The Company designs, manufactures and markets magnetic recording heads as head gimbal assemblies and incorporate multiple head gimbal assemblies into head stack assemblies. The Company is a market leader in providing magnetoresistive and inductive tape heads to the entry level through mid-range tape drive markets. The Company operates in an industry with limited visibility. It is located in Fremont, CA.

Sigma Designs, Inc. engages in the provision of media platforms for home entertainment. It develops, manufactures and sells media processors, smart televisions, power line and wired media connectivity. The firm's products include media processors, smart tv SoCS, Power line and wired media connectivity. The company was founded by Thinh Q. Tran in 1982 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

StorMedia Inc. supplies thin film disks for hard disk drives used in portable and desktop computers, network servers and workstations. The company also manufactures substrates for these disks. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells disks in 2 1/2 inch and 3 1/2 inch sizes. Within each size, the company provides a range of coercivities, fly heights and disk thicknesses to meet specific customer requirements. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Grandis, Inc. develops and licenses non-volatile memory solutions. It specializes in semiconductor memories, STT-RAM, MRAM, DRAM, Flash, NAND, NOR, and embeded memories. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Part of Flexera Software LLC, Internet Image, Inc. develops Internet-based application deployment and management technology. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The company was founded by Steve Tsai, Lung C. Tsai. Internet Image was acquired by Intraware, Inc. on October 04, 1999 for $37 million.

Netfish Technologies, Inc. develops business-to-business solutions used by Internet enabled companies. The company was founded by Patrick Hogan and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.