Exar Corporation · Fremont, CA United States ·(NASDAQ (GM): EXAR)

Exar seeks excellence in the exacting world of high-speed communications chips. The fabless semiconductor company's digital, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuits are used in broadband networking equipment -- especially telecommunications infrastructure gear -- as well as in video and imaging devices, such as medical instrumentation, digital still cameras, and scanners. Exar's customers include Alcatel-Lucent, Apple, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, LG Electronics, Motorola, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Samsung Electronics. The company derives three-quarters of its sales outside the US. To read the full description, subscribe now.