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Preferred Networks, Inc. is a software development company based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2014. It specializes in real-time machine learning technologies and develops applications for the Internet of Things, focusing on deep learning, robotics, and data analytics. The company serves various sectors, including transportation systems, manufacturing, bio-healthcare, retail, automobile, healthcare, advertising, life sciences, public safety, network security, and public transportation. Preferred Networks integrates data from the physical and digital worlds to create advanced solutions for autonomous driving, machine tools, robotics, and medical diagnosis. Additionally, the company has a subsidiary in Burlingame, California, which supports its international operations.

SBA Materials, Inc. specializes in the development and commercialization of advanced electronic materials tailored for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, particularly in back-end of line and packaging applications. Founded in 2001 and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the company focuses on low-k dielectric materials for interlayer dielectric applications, addressing significant needs in the sector. Its product offerings include uLK22, uLK1X, and various optical films, along with nano-porous and meso-porous materials. These materials can be utilized in diverse forms such as thin films, powders, and fibers, and can be chemically functionalized for applications in electronics, optics, sensors, and catalysts. The company operates from a facility at the Science and Technology Park, which features R&D laboratories and is strategically located near the University of New Mexico and the Sandia National Laboratories Materials Research Center. SBA Materials aims to enhance the performance of electronic devices while reducing power consumption, thereby supporting manufacturers in producing more efficient logic chips.

Magnetic Solutions is a manufacturer and supplier of magnetic annealing systems and processes that are essential in the development and production of non-volatile memory technologies, including MRAM and STT-RAM. The company also caters to the semiconductor industry and the manufacturing of read/write heads for high-density disk drives, as well as GMR and TMR sensors. Magnetic Solutions focuses on supporting the production, process development, and research and development needs of its customers by offering a range of optimized magnetic annealing systems, which are noted for their reliability, throughput, and flexibility across various process steps.

FSI International, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and supports equipment used in the fabrication of microelectronics, such as advanced semiconductor devices. The company provides surface conditioning technology solutions and microlithography systems, and support services to the manufacturers of integrated circuits. It manufactures, markets, and supports surface conditioning equipment that uses wet, cryogenic, and other chemistry techniques to clean, strip, or etch the surfaces of silicon wafers, and supplies refurbished microlithography products that are used to deposit and develop light sensitive films. The company offers system and subsystem upgrade packages, spare part kits, individual spare part components, robot refurbishment and replacement, and support services that provide product and process enhancements to extend the life of previously purchased and installed systems. It also sells various process, service, and maintenance programs. FSI International, Inc. markets its products to the manufacturers of microelectronic devices worldwide. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Chaska, Minnesota.

NEXX Systems, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of advanced processing equipment focused on wafer-level packaging applications. The company provides a range of systems, including sputter deposition, electro-deposition plating, and plasma cleaning, which are essential for flip chip advanced packaging processes. NEXX's electro-deposition systems facilitate long deposition time processes for applications such as gold and solder wafer bumping, redistribution layers, and various MEMS layers. The technology offered by NEXX Systems supports industries including compound semiconductors, hard disk drive head manufacturing, and inkjet printing. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, the company has established a global presence with representatives and distributors in multiple countries, including the United States, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, China, Israel, Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Epion manufactures and supplies commercial gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) equipment for semiconductor and related manufacturing. Its products include nFusion Doping System, which offers ultra-shallow doping of atoms to high concentrations without channeling; and Ultra Trimmer Corrective Etch System that is used to trim surface layers to improve device performance or yields. It also markets GCIB systems to companies for the enhancement of critical surfaces in devices used for data storage, optics, and telecommunications in the United States and Japan. Epion Inc. was formerly known as Epion Corporation and changed its name to TEL Epion Inc. in January 2007. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Billerica, Massachusetts.

Timbre Technologies develops software and hardware solutions for metrology applications. Its products are used in production by memory and logic device manufacturers. The company was founded by Nickhil Jakatdar in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.