KLA Corporation

Founded 1984, Xilinx is one of the world s leading, publicly traded providers of logic solutions. The company manages a staff of more than 3,000 employees. It offers a line of silicon devices under the Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 brands. Xilinx provides design and support services. The company administers the Xilinx Productivity Advantage Program. It serves the aerospace, automotive, communications, data processing and consumer industries. The company also offers a range of engineering solutions. With annual revenues of over $1.8 billion, it provides on-demand training programs. The company s MicroBlaze soft processor is a floating point unit. Xilinx serves nearly 15,000 customers.

Founded in 1968, Amkor Technology is one of the leading providers of semiconductor assembly and test services in the United States. The company offers microelectronics design and manufacturing services for semiconductor companies and the electronics industry. It provides digital cameras, cell phones, laptops and video games. Amkor Technology also operates design centers in Arizona, California, North Carolina, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan and China that offer packaging design solutions and design chain management and automation support services. It provides a Web-based tool that enables customers to submit and track design works. The company offers mechanical, thermal and electrical characterization, die processing and wafer bumping services. It additionally provides test development, engineering support and custom test processing options.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is a provider of programmable solutions and devices. Located in Tempe, Ariz., the company s products include programmable system chip-on, controllers, touch sensing, laser navigation solutions, lighting/power control, clocks and buffers. It also deals in interfaces, optical/image sensing and wireless devices. Its products are used in various markets, such as consumer, mobile handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial and military. The company is Business Ethics Magazine s '100 Best Corporate Citizens' for 2005 and recipient of BEA Systems Liquid Portal Award for 2006.