Svend-Olav Carlsen

Tiaxa Chile Ltda. provides infrastructure, clearinghouse and revenue enhancement services to the mobile telecom market. Its managed services offering is based on a combination of proprietary, patented software platforms and business methods, user-centric business analytics and 7x24 operational services in the rating and charging, as well as the user-balance management and financial services realms. The firm operates through its offices located in Bangkok, Beijing, Bogota, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Kuwait City, Lagos, Lima, Manila, Mexico DF, Munich, New Delhi, Quito, Riyadh, San Paulo and Santiago. The company was founded by Felipe Valdés Arrieta and Julie McPherson in 2000 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

PortalPlayer, Inc. designed and manufactured semiconductor and firmware components. The company offered software for original equipment manufacturers of personal media players and notebook computers with secondary displays. PortalPlayer was founded by John H. Mallard in 1999 and headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Transmeta Corp. develops and licenses innovative computing, microprocessor and semiconductor technologies and related intellectual property. Its advanced power management technologies control leakages and increase power efficiency in semiconductor devices. The company was founded in 1995 by Boris Abad Guerra and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.