Founded in 1971, Intel Corporation is known for helping define modern computing, from its first microprocessor to the chips that power much of today’s PC market. The company designs and manufactures semiconductor technology for personal computing, data centers, and AI, while its Intel Foundry business provides chip manufacturing for customers worldwide.
AMDAMD designs and makes semiconductor computing products, from Ryzen and EPYC processors to Radeon and Instinct graphics and adaptive SoCs and FPGAs. Its portfolio spans AI, data-center, embedded and industrial edge systems, with EPYC server CPUs aimed at applications ranging from small-business infrastructure to financial-services computing. AMD also works through a broad partner ecosystem that brings its chips into servers, cloud platforms, industrial PCs, robotics and gaming systems.NEW YORK, NY
LSI Computer Systems, Inc. (LSI/CSI)Founded in 1969 by Alvin Kaplan and Attila Tetik, LSI Computer Systems, Inc. began as the world’s first fabless semiconductor company. Today, the Melville, New York firm designs and produces integrated circuits for manufacturers whose products depend on precise electronic control, including full-custom chips developed for specific high-volume applications.MELVILLE, NY
KLA CorporationKLA Corporation makes the inspection, metrology and process-control systems that semiconductor manufacturers use to find defects, manage production and improve chip yield. Founded in 1976, the company has built more than 50 years of innovation around the electronics industry and now employs about 16,000 people across 18 regions. Its broadband plasma wafer-inspection line, introduced in 1984, has helped move defect discovery from manual checks to inline monitoring in chip fabs.ALLENTOWN, PA
KLA CorporationBuilt on more than 50 years of innovation, KLA Corporation develops and manufactures the inspection, metrology, process-control and analytics systems that semiconductor makers use to produce advanced chips. Its work spans the chip’s journey from wafer to finished device, with specialized measurement tools also serving fields such as biomedical manufacturing and materials research. KLA operates across 18 regions with approximately 16,000 employees and has traced its semiconductor process-control work to a pioneering mask-inspection tool introduced in 1975.FAIRPORT, NY