Yoshio Nishi

Novellus Systems, Inc. manufactures and services advanced automated wafer fabrication systems. The company was founded by Brad Mattson on April 11, 1984 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

SEMATECH, Inc. provides research and development services in semiconductor manufacturing technology. It offers research in design, lithography, interconnect, and other facets of chip manufacturing. The company was established in 1986 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Invarium, Inc. provides patterning synthesis solutions. It provides best patterning solutions to customers engaged in design and manufacture of advanced integrated circuits to the semiconductor design and manufacturing industry. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Founded in 2000, KT Venture Group is a venture capital firm headquartered in Milpitas, California. The firm is affiliated with KLA-Tencor Corp. (NASDAQ: KLAC).

Qimonda AG manufactured and marketed memory products. It supplied DRAM products for the PC and server markets. The firm also focused on products for graphics, mobile and consumer applications using its power-saving technology. The company was founded in 2006 and was headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Zeptor Corp. specialized in battery technologies. The firm manufactures and produces lithium ion batteries. It is a nano-scale manufacturing firm dedicated to bringing the systems and techniques forged in the semiconductor industry and honed over decades to the nascent clean energy industry. The firm's goal is to develop and manufacture light-weight electrodes for use in lithium batteries, fuel cells and capacitors. The company was founded by Venkatasubramani Balu, Tatsunori Suzuki and Charles Consorte in July 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.