Semiconductors
The semiconductor market has changed dramatically over the twenty years we’ve been active investors. One interesting constant is the rolling of major architectural underpinnings about once-a-decade. We’ve seen the emphasis shift from gate arrays, to FPGA’s to now more sophisticated programmable architectures. We were at the forefront of the EDA industry, and have seen it too experience a once-a-decade rollover of design methodology. With nanoscale fabs now online, it is time for a new generation of tools, test equipment and chips to emerge.
 

Advanced Inquiry Systems

Hillsboro, OR

Semiconductor wafer test solutions

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Airgo

Palo Alto, CA

The pioneer and worldwide leader in Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology

Ambric

Portland, OR

Massively parallel processor arrays

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GainSpan

Santa Clara, CA

Low-power wireless semiconductors

TView

Beaverton, OR

Video Image processing chipsets

(acquired by Focus Enhancements, NASDAQ: FCSE)

TZero

Sunnyvale, CA

UltraWideBand (UWB) fabless semiconductors

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Xilinx

San Jose, CA

The leader in the digital programmable logic device (PLD) market