Anil Shamrao Mankar

Conexant Systems LLC provides semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. manufactures semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications. The firm offers communications convergence processing products that include ultra-low-power, multi-core digital signal processor system-on-chip for the fixed and mobile carrier infrastructure, residential and enterprise platforms. The company is headquartered in Lowell, MA.

Part of BrainChip Holdings Ltd., Brainchip, Inc. is a private company that offers Akida, the industry-standard for Edge AI. The company is based in Aliso Viejo, CA. BrainChip's first-to-market, digital neuromorphic processor IP, Akida™, mimics the human brain to analyze only essential sensor inputs at the point of acquisition—processing data with unparalleled performance, precision, and economy of energy. The company combines advanced IoT infrastructure with Artificial Intelligence technologies inspired by the human brain to make AI ubiquitous. BrainChip offers insight into two widely accepted forms of deep learning, transfer learning and incremental, which are presumed to be more efficient than traditional neural network training. The company was founded by Peter van der Made, who has been the CEO since incorporation. Brainchip was acquired by Aziana Ltd. on August 17, 2015 for $57.58 million.