Techwell, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Techwell, Inc. (Techwell) is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, markets and sells mixed-signal integrated two primary markets, security surveillance and automotive infotainment. The Company designs application-specific products for its two primary markets that enable the conversion of analog video signals to digital form and perform digital video processing to facilitate the display, storage and transport of video content. Techwell’s semiconductors are based on its architecture and mixed signal technologies that provide video under a range of signal conditions. The Company’s products include security surveillance, liquid crystal display (LCD) display and video decoders.

Tegal Corporation company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Petaluma, California. Tegal Corporation (Tegal) designs, manufactures, markets and services plasma etch and deposition systems that enable the production of micro-electrical mechanical systems (MEMS), power integrated circuits (ICs) and optoelectronic devices found in products like smart phones, networking gear, solid-state lighting and digital imaging. The Company’s plasma etch and deposition tools enable manufacturing techniques, such as three dimensional (3-D) interconnect structures formed by intricate silicon etch, also known as Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE). Etching and deposition constitute two of the principal device production process steps and each must be performed numerous times in the production of such devices. In May 2009, the Company established Tegal France, a wholly owned subsidiary. On September 16, 2008, the Company acquired certain assets from Alcatel Micro Machining Systems (AMMS) and Alcatel Lucent.

Tensilica, Inc. offers controllers, CPU, multimedia, and specialty DSP processor cores for system-on-chip design. Its products include configurable and pre-configured standard microprocessor cores, development tools, and integrated suite of software development tools. The company offers Diamond Standard processors, a synthesizable core that range from area-efficient and low-power controllers to an audio processor, high-performance DSP, and video processor; and Xtensa processors, which are designed for high volume and embedded applications. It also offers XPRES Compiler, which automatically creates customized Xtensa processors from standard C/C++ algorithms; and Xtensa Processor Developers Toolkit, an integrated design environment that delivers automation tools to desktop. The company’s solutions allow designers to create lower power, foundry-independent hardware, and software specific to applications. It offers its solutions for embedded applications, such as set-top boxes, network protocol processing, consumer electronics, wireless communications, and audio and video processing markets.

Teradyne, Inc. was founded in 1960 and is based in North Reading, Massachusetts. Teradyne, Inc. (Teradyne) is a supplier of automatic test equipment. The Company’s automatic test equipment products and services include semiconductor test (Semiconductor Test) systems and military/aerospace test (Mil/Aero) instrumentation and systems, circuit-board test and inspection (Commercial Board Test) systems and automotive diagnostic and test (Diagnostic Solutions) systems, collectively these products represent Systems Test Group. On November 14, 2008, the Company completed its acquisition of Eagle Test Systems, Inc. (Eagle Test). Eagle Test designs, manufactures, sells and services high-performance automated test equipment for the semiconductor industry. On January 24, 2008, Teradyne, Inc. completed its acquisition of Nextest Systems Corporation (Nextest). Nextest designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services automated test equipment systems for the semiconductor industry.

Teseda Corporation develops diagnostic and debug solutions for semiconductor yield improvement. The company offers Teseda WorkBench, a software for scan validation, silicon debug, and failure analysis; and ScanXY, which links structural test mismatch data to its physical domain for analysis and diagnosis of defects and hot spots. It also provides SecureXY that allows semiconductor companies to provide key failure analysis information to their device manufacturers; and NetXY, which diagnosis net trends based on scan and defect gate candidates. In addition, the company offers Teseda V550, a validation and diagnostic platform that leverages scan-based DFT structures to accelerate the silicon validation process; and Teseda V520, an engineering test platform, which is designed specifically for DFT validation and debug. Further, it provides customer support services. The company offers its products through a distribution network. Teseda Corporation was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Tessera Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Tessera) develops and delivers miniaturization solutions that transform wireless, computing and consumer electronic products. Its micro-electronics solutions enable smaller electronic devices and include semiconductor packaging technologies encompassing interconnect and substrates. Its imaging and optics solutions provide camera functionality in electronic products and include image sensor packaging, wafer-level optics and wafer-level camera technologies, and image enhancement technologies. Tessera also offers micro-optic lenses, from diffractive and refractive optical elements to integrated micro-optical subassemblies. The Company operates in two segments: Intellectual Property, and Product and Service. In February 2008, the Company completed its acquisition of FotoNation, Inc. (FotoNation), a provider of embedded imaging solutions for digital still camera and mobile phone applications.

Tokyo Electron America (TEA) is the North American sales and field engineering arm of Tokyo Electron (TEL), the world's second largest supplier of semiconductor production equipment (behind Applied Materials). TEA sells and services the equipment made by its parent company, which also includes machines for probing microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), semiconductor production equipment, electronic components, wafers, and flat-panel display fabrication equipment. TEL/TEA is also delving into the new market of nanotechnology equipment. Tokyo Electron's sales to customers in the US account for about 12% of its total global business.

Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) is the one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment. TEL's chip-making systems include chemical vapor deposition, thermal processing, etching, cleaning, and probing equipment. The company also makes flat-panel display (FPD) production equipment, and distributes other companies' chip-making equipment, computer systems, networking products, and software in Japan. Subsidiary Tokyo Electron Device distributes chips, boards, and software made by companies including AMD, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments. Chip production equipment accounts for about three-quarters of TEL's sales, and customers outside Japan account for about 60% of total sales.

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. was founded in 1940. Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) plays an important but small (perhaps even a micro) role. Serving companies in the microprocessing industry, TOK manufactures photoresists (light-sensitive resins that can imprint patterns onto silicon wafers) used during the production of semiconductors, printed circuit boards, and flat panel plasma and liquid crystal displays (LCD). The company operates through several subsidiaries located in Japan, the US, Europe, and Asia. In addition to its photoresist operations, which make up about half of its overall sales, TOK also operates a chemicals division and a photoresist-related equipment division.

Toppan Photomasks, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Round Rock, Texas. Toppan Photomasks, Inc. company’s photomasks are quartz or glass plates that contain precision images of integrated circuits and are used as masters by semiconductor manufacturers to optically transfer these images onto semiconductor wafers. The company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, BindKey Technologies, Inc., develops electronic design automation software that is used by integrated circuit (IC) design engineers to design an IC, which can then be transferred onto photomasks. Its customers include integrated device manufacturers, semiconductor foundries, and fabless semiconductor companies. The company has collaboration with Applied Materials, Inc. for the joint development of advanced photomasks supporting 90nm and 65nm technology.

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