Rusty Ingram

Mentor Graphics Corp. provides electronic design automation systems-advanced computer software and emulation hardware systems, which are used to automate the design, analysis, and testing of electronic hardware and embedded systems software in electronic systems and components. It markets products and services primarily to large companies in the military/aerospace, communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductor, networking, multimedia, and transportation industries. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Europe, Japan, Pacific Rim, and Others. The company was founded on February 4, 1981 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, OR.

Virage Logic Corp. is a technology and market provider in advanced embedded memory intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. It work on semiconductor IP platforms comprising embedded memory, standard cells, and I/Os primarily for the consumer, communications and networking, handheld and portable, and computer and graphics markets. The company's quality efforts are validated in its Silicon Characterization lab which ensures quality, reliable IP across a range of foundries and process technologies. The company was founded on 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Synplicity LLC develops software solutions for the design and verification of semiconductors. The company was founded by Alisa Yaffa and Ken McElvain in February 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Part of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Plato Design Systems, Inc. provides scalable routing and physical design optimization solutions. The company is based in San Jose, CA. Plato Design Systems was acquired by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. on April 24, 2002.

Archpro Design Automation, Inc. develops software that measures voltage. The company also manufactures EDA products to meet low-power and multi-voltage design challenges. Its products support all major complementary IC or SoC design technologies. Archpro Design Automation was founded by Srikanth Jadcherla in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.