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Intel Israel
Core business
Development of Microprocessors and Peripherals Integrated Circuits
Employees: 1600
Turnover (KUS$): 227,000
Turnover (KUS$): 227,000
Overview
The year 2004 is marked by the celebration of Intel Israel's thirtieth anniversary. The company, which began operating in Israel in 1974 with five employees, is considered to be the largest private employer in the country today - with 5,400 employees in its development and production plants in Haifa, Jerusalem, Kiryat Gat, Petach Tikva, and Yakum. In 2003, Intel, which is one of Israel's leading exporters, registered an export volume of 1.362 billion dollars - 13 percent of the sum total of the exports from the country's electronics and information industry.
Intel Israel serves as an international development center for Intel worldwide. For 30 years, the Development Center in Haifa, with its branches in Yakum and Jerusalem, has been making technological breakthroughs that change the face of the computing world. The achievements in development include the 8088 processor, which was selected to be the "brain" of the first PC, MMX technology, and the Intel Centrino mobile technology. With the launching of the first cellular processor, Manitoba, the Development Center in Petach Tikva assumed its position at the forefront of the cellular communications group in Intel Corporation. In Intel Jerusalem, the first manufacturing plant to be established outside of the U.S., dozens of advanced microelectronic products are manufactured concurrently by means of 6-inch technology. In the Kiryat Gat plant, Pentium 4 processors for PCs are manufactured using advanced technology, as are chips for mobile computers, for cellular communication, and so on. Integrated activity for the future in education and in the community In the framework of Intel Israel's ongoing commitment to the advancement of scientific education, the company initiates and implements educational programs that encompass tens of thousands of participants from all over the country. This undertaking takes its place among a wide variety of community-geared volunteer projects that are initiated and carried out by Intel employees as a part of their involvement in the surroundings in which they work.
Marvell Semiconductors Israel Ltd.
Core business
Content addressable memory (CAM); R&D of VLSI components
Employees: 400
Overview
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL (formerly GALILEO TECHNOLOGY LTD. acquired by Marvell Technology Group Ltd. in 2000) is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets complex semiconductor devices which solve important problems in high performance embedded control systems, principally in the area of data communications.
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL's largest target market is the networking market, with specific emphasis on high value internetworking systems for businesses. In addition, MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL has decided to target the remote access segment of the networking market. Some of MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL's existing products are also designed for the imaging market, which includes printers, copiers, scanners, high-performance graphics systems, and digital video distribution systems.
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL 's products are divided into three areas: high-performance core logic, data communications controllers, and application specific memory (ASM) buffers, all of which are key building blocks of embedded controllers.
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES Ltd.
Core business
The company's charter is to be the leading semiconductor supplier of I/O building blocks for the Internet infrastructure
Employees: 80
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Communications, server, data storage and Internet data
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Overview
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. is a private, fabless semiconductor company founded in March of 1999 with design, engineering, and quality and reliability operations based in Israel and business operations, sales, marketing, and customer service headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.
The company's charter is to be the leading semiconductor supplier of I/O building blocks for the Internet infrastructure. Mellanox delivers solutions to the communications and data storage markets, based on the InfiniBand Trade Association standard.
The company develops semiconductors for this burgeoning Internet infrastructure in the server, communication and data storage markets. In order to accelerate customers' time to market, the company offers system product development kits (PDK's) including functional systems, board design database, and software drivers.
Demand for improved I/O performance and reliability exists in a number of separate markets. To serve these markets the industry has developed the InfiniBand Architecture and Mellanox provides solutions tailor fit for specific market segments. Mellanox recognizes system vendors' hardware and software investment, and provides a mechanism to support legacy I/O controller cards while enabling a smooth transition from traditional I/O infrastructure to the new generation of InfiniBand fabrics.
Texas Instruments Israel
Overview
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ISRAEL - SHORT DISTANCE WIRELESS is developing wireless communication components including specially designed RF, Base Band and software components. These revolutionary components support wireless communication between computers, telephones and computer-controlled systems in the home and office environments (SOHO) and enable new applications in every aspect of our lives.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS ISRAEL - SHORT DISTANCE WIRELESS Business Unit part of the TI Wireless Terminal Business Unit. The Kfar-Sava Center is home to the management, marketing, applications and development for the TI range of Bluetooth products. These include Bluetooth Baseband, Radio Frequency (RF) and software components designed to support short distance wireless communication between computers, telephones and computer-controlled systems. The technology and resulting solutions will allow the replacement of many of the short-range cables used today as well as enabling ad-hoc informal networking.
ZORAN MICROELECTRONICS Ltd.
Core business
Audio & Video integrated circuits and software for the consumer and PC markets; Compcore multimedia; DVD solutions
Employees: 187
Professionals: 168
Professionals: 168
Overview
ZORAN MICROELECTRONICS LTD. is located in Israel design center of ZORAN Corporation, a leading provider of digital solutions in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets.
In 1983, ZORAN was established to develop and deliver DSP (digital signal processing) technologies. Today, ZORAN's leading technologies combined with strong expertise in IC design, algorithm development, and system integration allow ZORAN to deliver complete solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) producing innovative consumer electronics products.
With two decades of expertise, ZORAN has pioneered high-performance digital audio and video, imaging applications, and Connect and Share technologies for the digital home. ZORAN's proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. ZORAN-based products have received recognition for excellence and are now in millions of homes worldwide.
ZORAN has focused on delivering high quality products that meet the specific requirements of DVD players and recorders, digital cameras, multimedia mobile phones, audio speakers and receivers, digital televisions and set top boxes, digital printers and other new categories of consumer electronics. Today, ZORAN is focused on delivering technologies that allow consumers to connect and share their video and audio files with their families and friends and that improve their digital entertainment experiences in their homes, offices or while traveling.
ZORAN was first to market with a single chip IC implementing six-channel Dolby Digital surround-sound audio for home and movie theater applications. ZORAN licenses its intellectual property solutions to other semiconductor manufacturers.
ZORAN supplies its Vaddis multimedia processor ICs to major DVD brands worldwide including: Aiwa, Alco Electronics, Amoisonic, Apex Digital, Arcam, Changhong, Coby, Cyperhome, Daewoo, Dell, Denca, Eastech, Fisher, Gateway, GoVideo, JVC, Kaisense, MiCO, Nintaus, Orion, Samsung, Sansui, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba and others.
On June 2005, ZORAN announced the completion of its acquisition of Oren Semiconductor, a leading provider of demodulator ICs for the global high definition television market.
