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Via Technologies Inc is involved in programming, designing, manufacturing, and selling semiconductors and PC chipsets. The company mainly operates in three regions: Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

Wolfspeed Inc is involved in the manufacturing of wide bandgap semiconductors. It is focused on silicon carbide and gallium nitride materials and devices for power and radio-frequency (RF) applications. The company serves applications such as transportation, power supplies, inverters, and wireless systems. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Europe and the rest from the United States, China, Hong Kong, Asia Pacific, and other regions.

Telsys Ltd acts as an electronics distributor. It focuses on semiconductors, subsystems, passive components, connectors, microwave products, and telecommunication products. Some of its vendors are Texas Instruments, IBM, Lattice, Mindspeed, Cirrus Logic, Molex, and RAFI. It acts as a stocking distributor. It also provides specialized services.

Arteris Inc is a provider of semiconductor system IP, including interconnect and other intellectual property, (collectively, System IP) technology. Its IP technology manages the on-chip communications and IP block deployments in System-on-Chip (SoC) semiconductors and systems of chiplets. Its proprietary System IP solutions achieve this by connecting client IP blocks such as processors, memories, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) accelerators, graphics subsystems, safety and security, and other input/output subsystems (I/Os) via multiple Network-on-Chips (NoCs). The company operates in Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East, out of which it derives maximum its revenue from Asia Pacific.

Parade Technologies Ltd supplies mixed-signal integrated circuits for a variety of display and high-speed interface standards used in computers, consumer electronics, and display panels. The company's host of products serve customers with needs for display, storage, and interface applications. As a fabless semiconductor company, Parade manufactures and designs its integrated circuits, but outsources the fabrication of silicon wafers for semiconductors. Geographically the company generates revenue from Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan and Others. Its products include Serial products of DisplayPort, Source Driver, Serial products of TrueTouch, and High-speed interfacing chips which derives maximum revenue.

Silicon Box is a Singapore-headquartered outsourced semiconductor assembly and test provider focused on advanced packaging solutions including fan-out wafer-level and chiplet-based system-in-package technologies. The company handles full-turnkey execution from front-end design through high-volume manufacturing for sectors such as AI accelerators, high-performance computing clusters, electric vehicle powertrains, automotive sensors, power management ICs, mobile SoCs, RF modules, and data center processors. Founded in 2020, Silicon Box operates a 60,000-square-meter facility in the Singapore Science Park and has secured over $300 million in funding from investors like Temasek Holdings and Capital 300 to scale production.

Smarter Microelectronics (Guangzhou) Co Ltd is engaged in the research and development, design and sales of RF front-end chips and modules.

Supreme Electronics Co Ltd is engaged in the import and export dealership of a variety of electronic products and components. It manufactures and sells electronic components to computer manufacturers. The products offered by the group include NAND flash & other memory, DRAM, TFT/LCD, Application Processor, System LSI, and other products, of which key revenue is generated from NAND flash & other memory products. Its geographical segments are Hong Kong & China, Taiwan, the United States, and other countries, of which the majority of the income is generated from Hong Kong & China.

Frequency Electronics Inc is engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of high-precision timing, and frequency control products for space, air, sea, and terrestrial applications. The company has FEI-NY and FEI-Zyfer reportable segments. It derives the majority of its revenues from the FEI-NY segment. FEI-NY segment operations consist principally of precision time and frequency control products used in three principal markets namely communication satellites (both commercial and U.S. Government-funded); terrestrial cellular telephone or other ground-based telecommunication stations; and other components and systems for the U.S. military.

X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE is a specialty foundry for analog and mixed-signal technologies with a strategic focus on the automotive, industrial, and medical markets. It provides manufacturing and design support services to its customers designing analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices. Its geographies are Europe, Asia, the United States of America, and the Rest of the world. Geographically, the company receives maximum revenue from Europe.

Seojin System Co Ltd manufactures communication equipment parts, mobile phone parts (metal case, etc.).

Xinsheng Semiconductor is a manufacturer of semiconductors and discrete devices with expertise in research, development, and sales of acoustic filters and RF front-end modules operating below 6 GHz. Its product lineup includes filters, duplexers, multiplexers, and integrated modules, complemented by technical support services. The company is accessible via newsonictech.cn.

Vital Thin Film Materials is a subsidiary of Pioneer Group based in Nantong, China, specializing in sputtering targets and evaporation materials for vacuum coating applications. It produces high-purity metal, alloy, precious metal, and ceramic forms including discs, granules, and powders for displays, photovoltaics, semiconductors, and optics industries worldwide.

Morse Micro is a Sydney-based semiconductor company developing Wi-Fi HaLow chips for IoT connectivity. Its MM6108-EKB and MM6108-256M modules enable long-range, low-power links up to 1 km with 10 Mbps throughput in sub-1 GHz spectrum. Deployed in smart cities, agriculture, and industrial sensors, the technology partners with Telstra and Nordic Semiconductor for gateway solutions.

Jiangxi Lianchuang Optoelectronic Science And Technology Co Ltd is engaged in the production and sales of optoelectronic devices and other new electronic components, information transmission cables, communication terminals and special communication switching equipment.

Elan Microelectronics Corp manufactures and sells neural network and fuzzy processors, digital signal processors, 8-bit RISC micro-controllers, and integrated circuits for special use. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Hong Kong and also has a presence in Taiwan, Mainland China, and others. The Laptop input devices account for to majority of revenue. The company has six reportable segments: Consumer Touch Control Business Unit, Laptop Input Device Business Unit, Network Communication Business Unit, Investment Business Unit, Sales and Retailing Business Unit and Other Business Unit. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Laptop Input Device Business Unit.

Helium is a decentralized wireless network for IoT devices using blockchain incentives. San Francisco-headquartered since 2019, it operates 1 million hotspots worldwide providing LoRaWAN coverage in 190 countries. Network operators earn HNT cryptocurrency through Proof-of-Coverage validation via radio challenges. The platform supports sensors for asset tracking and environmental monitoring, with 100 billion data packets transferred yearly. Helium raised $250 million via ICO and partners with T-Mobile for 5G expansion in the U.S.