Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. The Company offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.

• Founded in 1989
• Publicly held (NASDAQ:  MCHP)
• $947.7 million in net sales for fiscal year 2010 (ending March 31, 2010)
• Listed on the Standard & Poor’s 500 financial index
• More than 5,100 employees worldwide
• 47 sales offices worldwide
• 40 worldwide Regional Training Centers
• Manufacturing facilities:  Tempe, AZ; Gresham, OR; Bangkok, Thailand
• Development centers:  Bangalore, India; Lausanne, Switzerland; Santa Clara, CA; Chandler, AZ; Bucharest, Romania; Manila, Philippines; Budapest, Hungary; Brisbane, Australia
• The Company’s quality systems are ISO/TS-16949:2002 certified
• Ranked #1 in worldwide revenue and shipments of 8-bit microcontrollers, according to Gartner-Dataquest
• Has shipped more than 8 billion PIC® microcontrollers
• Corporate headquarters:  2355 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler, AZ 85224, United States

Microchip serves over 63,000 customers in more than 65 countries who are designing high-volume embedded control applications in the consumer, automotive, office-automation, communications and industrial-control markets worldwide.

The Company offers 8, 16 and 32-bit PIC® microcontrollers, dsPIC ® digital signal controllers, touch sensing solutions, analog & interface products, wireless products, secure data products, memory products and development systems. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com

STMicroelectronics is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2008, the Company’s net revenues were $9.84 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com

Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software is the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions spanning from embedded to enterprise. Green Hills is the only company with an operating system certified and deployed to IEC 61508 SIL 3 (industrial), FDA Class III (medical), EN 51028 SWSIL 4 (railway), EAL6+ High Robustness (security), and DO-178B Level A (avionics).

Green Hills Software products include:

• INTEGRITY Real-Time Operating System Family
• INTEGRITY Secure Virtualization
• GateD Routing and Switching Solutions
• MULTI Integrated Development Environment
• TimeMachine Debugging Suite and SuperTrace Probe
• DoubleCheck Static Source Code Analysis Tool
• Optimizing C/C++/Ada Compilers

Green Hills Software provides industry-optimized software development platforms that address deeply embedded, absolute security, and high reliability applications for secure networking, secure wireless devices, medical, industrial, software-defined radio, railway, automotive and avionics markets. These highly integrated Green Hills platforms, built with the INTEGRITY® RTOS, include all of the core software and documentation required to develop and deploy a targeted device.

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Tektronix is a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products, solutions and services for the communications, computer, and semiconductor industries - as well as military/aerospace, consumer electronics, education and a broad range of other industries worldwide. With 60 years of experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks, computing and advanced technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in 19 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address is www.tektronix.com.

Our Products and Services: General purpose test and measurement; video test, measurement, and monitoring; communications diagnostics and network management; and service, support, and installation. Our wide array of products includes Oscilloscopes, Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Logic Analyzers, Spectrum Analysers and Arbitrary Wave Form Generators, Digital Multimeters, Power Supplies and more.

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