Information Technology
Information Technology
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AppMesh
Founded by three salesforce.com veterans, AppMesh is building the next generation business platform for mobile devices. AppMesh believes that in the post-PC era, business applications need to be personal, seamless and intuitive.
Valid Logic Systems
Valid Logic Systems was among the first commercial electronic design automation (EDA) companies. Its initial products included hardware and software for schematic capture, logic simulation, static timing analysis, and packaging. Over the years, Valid acquired Telesis, Analog Design Tools, Calma and other companies. In 1991 Valid was acquired by Cadence Design Systems.
Lam Research
Lam Research has been a major supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry for more than 30 years. As the market leader in plasma etch and a leading supplier of single-wafer clean products, Lam Research consistently delivers technically advanced, cost-effective solutions to meet the ever-expanding manufacturing requirements of the semiconductor industry.
Silicon Graphics
InterWest was an early investor in SGI, a leader in high-performance computing. SGI delivers a complete range of high-performance server and storage solutions, along with industry-leading professional services and support.
Xilinx
InterWest participated in the early financing of this established maker of
user-programmable gate arrays and associated development systems.
Xilinx's unique technology opened an enormous new segment in the
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) market and today, Xilinx is
the world's leading provider of programmable platforms.




