Peter G. Birch

Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. develops digital audio technologies. It develops and supplies digital signal processing technology for digital speakers. The firm offers the Dnote7 series, an all-in-one digital speaker driver embedded in 32bit Dnot technology. The company's business activities also include design service and analog system and circuitry design. Trigence Semiconductor was founded by Akira Yasuda, Junichi Okamura and Yuichiro Takahashi in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Microtune, Inc. engages in the design and marketing of radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits and subsystem module solutions for the broadband communications and transportation electronics markets worldwide. The company offers cable and terrestrial broadband communications, and transportation electronics products. The cable broadband products are designed for use in RF electronics, including cable modems, digital and analog set-top boxes, analog and digital televisions, and cable telephony systems. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

Part of STMicroelectronics NV, VM Labs, Inc. manufactures printed circuits for DVD players. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Richard G. Miller. VM Labs was acquired by Genesis Microchip, Inc. on March 05, 2002 for $13.60 million.

Genesis Microchip is a supplier of display image processors. Consumer video and DVD products, LCD TVs, HDTVs, Digital TVs, and LCD monitors all benefit from Genesis’s advanced and patented technology. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, the company also has sales, support and development centers in Toronto, Canada; Bangalore, India; Taipei, Taiwan; Seoul, Korea; Shenzen, China and Tokyo, Japan

Auvitek Corp. manufactures semiconductor supplies for the digital television market. The firm's products are based on fully adaptive demodulation and equalization technology. It has offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The company was founded by Ping Dong and Victor Ren in March, 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.