Analog Devices
Grant in 2025
Analog Devices specializes in designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits (ICs). These ICs convert, condition, and process real-world phenomena like light, sound, temperature, motion, and pressure into electrical signals for use in various electronic equipment. The company serves a wide range of industries, with over half of its chip sales going to industrial and automotive markets.
Texas Instruments
Grant in 2024
Texas Instruments is a Dallas-based company that specializes in the development and commercialization of semiconductor technology and computer components. It is the world's largest manufacturer of analog chips, which are essential for processing real-world signals such as sound and power. In addition to analog semiconductors, Texas Instruments produces digital signal processors and microcontrollers that serve a variety of electronic applications. The company also focuses on emerging sectors, providing solutions for medical electronics, telecommunications infrastructure, and energy technologies, including low power and solar applications. While the majority of its revenue is derived from semiconductor products, Texas Instruments also generates income from its well-known line of calculators.
JMA Wireless
Grant in 2024
JMA Wireless specializes in mobile wireless connectivity solutions, ensuring reliable infrastructure, efficient operations, and optimal performance for coverage and high-speed data. Their product portfolio includes macro infrastructure, outdoor/indoor distributed antenna systems, and small cell solutions, serving diverse industries such as telecommunications, sports venues, hospitality, manufacturing, and real estate.
Powerex specializes in the production of high-power semiconductor solutions, including discrete devices, modules, and integrated circuits. Its product portfolio comprises Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs), High Voltage IGBTs (HVIGBTs), rectifiers, thyristors, custom power modules, and assemblies.
Edwards Vacuum
Grant in 2024
Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, abatement systems and related value-added services. These are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells; are used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications, steel and other metallurgy, pharmaceutical and chemical; and for both scientific instruments and a wide range of R&D applications.
Edwards has over 3,200 full-time employees and 500 temporary workers operating in approximately 30 countries worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment.
Polar Semiconductor
Grant in 2024
Polar Semiconductor is a manufacturer specializing in high-performance, automotive-grade semiconductor devices. The company focuses on 200mm wafer fabrication and designs integrated circuits, discrete silicon wafers, and high-voltage semiconductors. By providing tailored semiconductor solutions, Polar Semiconductor serves clients in the automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. Its extensive research and development capabilities allow the company to meet diverse customer needs and deliver secure, repeatable, and cost-effective chip designs.
Micron Technology
Grant in 2024
Micron Technology is a leading global semiconductor company that specializes in memory and storage solutions. It designs, manufactures, and sells DRAM components and modules as well as NAND flash memory used in data centers, mobile devices, consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and embedded applications. The company bases its strategy on core memory technology while pursuing innovations to improve performance, reliability, and energy efficiency, supported by extensive patent activity. Micron operates with a vertically integrated model and draws growth from diversified products and markets that leverage its memory expertise. Its global customer base includes computing, networking, and enterprise applications, as well as mobile and embedded platforms. Through ongoing research and development, Micron advances next-generation memory technologies to enable new applications and extend the reach of memory across computing and infrastructure workloads.
Samsung Electronics
Grant in 2024
Samsung Electronics, a global technology company based in South Korea, operates in various sectors of the electronics industry. It develops, manufactures, and sells a wide array of consumer products, including mobile phones, tablets, televisions, home appliances, and digital cameras. Additionally, it offers PCs, printers, memory and storage products, healthcare equipment, telecommunications infrastructure, and LED lighting solutions. Samsung is also a major player in semiconductor manufacturing and provides services such as repair and consultation for electronic devices. The company operates globally, with a presence in regions like Korea, China, North and Latin America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Africa. Its product portfolio ranges from consumer electronics to high-tech components, catering to both individual consumers and enterprise needs.
Intel Corporation
Grant in 2024
Founded in 1968, Intel designs, manufactures, and sells essential technologies for cloud, smart, and connected devices worldwide. Its product portfolio includes platform products like central processing units and chipsets, along with non-platform products such as accelerators, boards and systems, connectivity products, and memory and storage products. Intel serves original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and cloud service providers.
BAE Systems is a British multinational defense, security, and aerospace company, recognized as the largest defense contractor in Europe and a key supplier to the US Department of Defense. The company specializes in the design, development, manufacture, and support of a wide range of defense and aerospace systems utilized across air, land, sea, and space. Its offerings include electronic systems for military and commercial use, security products for law enforcement, armored combat vehicles, artillery systems, and intelligent munitions. BAE Systems operates through five main segments: electronics systems, cyber, security and intelligence, platforms and services, and air, each focusing on specific aspects of defense technology and support solutions. Additionally, BAE Systems provides through-life support, logistics, and systems integration services, catering to the needs of the Australian Defence Force and other security customers.