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Pliops Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Ramat Gan, Israel, specializes in cloud storage solutions designed to enhance data access speeds in cloud and enterprise data centers. Founded by industry veterans with experience from companies like Samsung, M-Systems, and XtremIO, Pliops aims to create a new category of storage products. Its innovative technology allows for data access up to 50 times faster while significantly reducing computational load and power consumption by consolidating multiple inefficient layers into a single, ultra-fast device. This approach addresses the scalability challenges posed by the growing volumes of data, particularly driven by the needs of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications.

d-Matrix is a computing platform designed to target artificial intelligence inferencing workloads in the data center. Its mission is to build and deploy the world’s first brain-inspired AI compute engine for a broad class of inferencing workloads in the multi-billion dollar cloud and infrastructure edge markets.

Elastics.cloud, Inc. is a Smart Interconnect technology company focused on enabling efficient and performant architectures to create flexible, scalable, low latency composable systems. The company provides silicon, hardware, and software which leverages the Compute Express Link (CXL) interconnect standard to provide high-performance connectivity to a broad ecosystem of components.

GigaIO Networks, Inc. is a technology company based in Carlsbad, California, that specializes in data center interconnect solutions for computing clusters. Established in 2012, GigaIO develops memory fabric solutions designed to enhance performance, functionality, and density while lowering power consumption. Their offerings include GigaIO Link Express, which facilitates scalability in data centers, and GigaIO LEX, focused on improving real-time predictive analytics capabilities. Additionally, the company provides a range of network products, including operating systems, rack switches, network adapter cards, cables, and flash arrays. GigaIO's technology aims to modernize interconnect fabric architecture by integrating computing, storage, and communication into a unified system, thus enabling more efficient AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing applications at a lower total cost of ownership.

Intel NAND Memory Business handles manufacturing and design patents of flash-memory products. Intel NAND Memory Business includes the NAND SSD, the NAND component, and wafer business, and the Dalian NAND memory manufacturing facility in China. Intel NAND Memory Business was acquired by SK hynix for US $9 billion.

Gauss Labs is developing a revolutionize semiconductor manufacturing through innovative AI technologies by utilizing a vast amount of data generated.

SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focused on RISC-V architecture. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices worldwide, SiFive develops multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip (SoC) products tailored for various applications, including IoT and wearables. The company provides software development kits, toolchains, and utilities to facilitate the development of RISC-V devices, enhancing the efficiency and affordability of hardware design. By leveraging open-source principles and software automation, SiFive aims to accelerate innovation in the semiconductor industry, enabling both large and small businesses to bring new hardware solutions to market more rapidly.

MemVerge is delivering the world’s first Memory-Converged Infrastructure (MCI) system, built with proprietary Distributed Memory Objects (DMO) technology. DMO technology provides a logical convergence layer that harnesses Intel’s new Optane DC persistent memory to let data-centric workloads run flawlessly at memory speed.

Inpria Corporation, founded in 2007 and based in Corvallis, Oregon, specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of EUV metal oxide photoresists. The company is recognized as a pioneer in extending semiconductor lithography by utilizing inorganic photoresists and thin films for nanoscale patterning. Inpria’s innovative photo-condensed molecular oxides allow for the direct deposition of atomically smooth and dense metal oxide films from a solution, which can be photopatterned. This technology enhances performance while simplifying processing, supporting advancements in EUV lithography and addressing the growing demands of the semiconductor industry.

Beijing Horizon Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. develops chips for robots. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in China.

Beijing Zettastone Technology Co., Ltd. is a company based in Beijing, China, specializing in the development of solid-state drives (SSDs). The company focuses on creating SSDs that cater to the needs of personal computer manufacturers, data centers, and storage solution providers. By providing advanced storage technology, Zettastone aims to enhance performance and efficiency for its customers, offering solutions that are both easier to use and faster than traditional storage options.

TidalScale, Inc. develops software for in-memory applications that binds multiple commodity hardware servers into a unified software virtual machine. It offers TidalScale software-defined servers that represent the next wave of compute. The company’s technology also helps users to configure virtual servers of various sizes, and achieve in-memory performance for the big data workloads. Its solutions include Oracle database, SAP HANA, and data analytics. TidalScale, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Campbell, California with additional offices in Seoul, South Korea; Tokyo, Japan.

Beijing Starblaze Technology Co., Ltd. designs and develops solid-state drive (SSD) controller solutions. The company also provides storage application in data center services. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Reno Sub-Systems, to our longtime semiconductor friends, colleagues and customers around the world. The founding of Reno has been a very gratifying challenge which has brought together many of the best and brightest minds in the field of Semiconductor Process Equipment Instrumentation. At a time when industry consolidation and the tightening of venture capital poses a serious threat to new business formation, the founders of Reno have demonstrated the incredible power of inventing world-class technologies to enable next generation processes. With three brand new and highly disruptive technologies, we are creating a paradigm shift in the industry. At Reno, we believe there is unlimited potential for new discoveries and innovative thinking. As we move forward into the 450mm era, Reno stands at the summit of semiconductor process control equipment technology, ready to set the standards for product performance, worldwide customer support and customer satisfaction.

Exnodes Inc. is a technology company based in Fremont, California, founded in 2014. It focuses on developing advanced computational imaging and machine learning solutions tailored for the semiconductor fabrication industry. The company’s technology enables rapid detection, identification, and root-cause analysis of nanoscale defects, which is essential for improving fabrication yields and resource efficiency. Exnodes specializes in a range of areas, including modern sensors, electronics, optics, mechanics, and high-speed digital processing. Its innovative approach includes capabilities such as sub-10 nm sensitivity and a throughput of 120 wafers per hour at 20 nm SiO2, utilizing a method known as Computational Parallel Inspection for effective defect classification.

NetSpeed Systems provides scalable, coherent, Network-on-Chip (NoC) IPs to System-on-chip (SoC) designers for a wide range of markets from mobile to high-performance computing and networking. NetSpeed's NoC IPs deliver significant time-to-market advantages through system level approach, high level of user-driven automation and state-of-the-art algorithms. NetSpeed Systems was founded in 2011 and is led by seasoned executives from the semiconductor and networking industries. The company is funded by top-tier investors from the silicon valley.

Stratio, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures infrared technologies, with a focus on bringing infrared sensing to the mass market. Founded in 2013 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company is known for its innovative products, including LinkSquare, a pocket-sized spectrometer, and BeyonSense, the first smartphone-compatible shortwave infrared camera. Stratio's germanium-based shortwave infrared sensors enable the creation of portable and affordable infrared devices. Their products are utilized globally by partners and customers to enhance process efficiency, combat counterfeiting, ensure food safety, and support precision agriculture. Stratio is also committed to advancing its technology through the development of Hyper-Spectral Imaging solutions in the near future.

Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD) is the new leader in developing and manufacturing custom System-on-Chip (SOC) solutions for peripheral data storage devices, which include hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state-drives (SSDs). The SoC solution integrates the Read/Write Channel, disk controller functions, microprocessor(s) and memories, and servo processing for HDD application on a single chip.