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Elastix Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.), founded in 2007, is aiming to address digital IC variability issues by helping designers generate asynchronous implementations of synchronous designs automatically. www.elastix-corp.com

Element CXI Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.), founded in 2004, is proposing a software programmable SoC platform approach to chip design with multiprocessing at its heart. www.elementcxi.com

Emotiv Systems Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.), founded in 2003, is developing biofeedback systems based on a sensor cap. Such systems look set to transform the way humans interact with computers and therefore electronic equipment. www.emotiv.com

Field Emission Technologies Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) was founded in December 2006 as a spin-off from Sony Corp. with the aim of developing and promoting the 'nano-Spindt' field emission display. www.fe-tech.co.jp

Fresco Microchip Inc. (Toronto, Canada) founded in 2004, is attacking television and consumer electronics markets with a combination of application knowledge and analog, RF and DSP silicon expertise.www.frescomicrochip.com

GainSpan Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) is a developer of Wi-Fi sensor network technology. The company was an Intel incubator company before being spun out in 2006. In December 2007 the company completed its Series B funding round, raising $20 million with backing from Intel Capital. www.gainspan.com

Gemini Design Technology Inc. (Fremont, Calif.) was founded in 2005 with the aim of delivering a fast parallel SPICE simulation product. In 2006, the company augmented the technology team by adding Jim Solomon, a pioneer of the EDA industry, as executive chairman.www.gemini-da.com

Genusion Ltd. (Amagasaki, Japan) a fabless Japanese memory IC maker founded in November 2002, has been attending conferences describing its B4-flash and ecFlash memory technologies. www.genusion.co.jp

Gigle Semiconductor Ltd. (Barcelona, Spain) was founded in September 2005 with the aim of developing ICs that would deliver high-definition content and services anywhere in the home over powerline, coax and phone line wiring. www.gigle.com

HelioVolt Corp. (Austin, Texas), founded in 2001, has developed a new slant on compound semiconductors to produce a photovoltaic process that could beat existing technologies in cost of production as well as efficiency. A process based on rapid thermal annealing and anodic bonding allows copper-indium-gallium-selinide (CIGS) films to be deposited on just about any substrate. In October 2007 the company closed a $100 million Series B round of funding and in October 2008 cut the ribbon on its first factory. www.heliovolt.net

Icera Semiconductor Inc. (Bristol, England), a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2002, provides chips for 3G-HSDPA handsets and datacards. It was founded by, amongst others, the founder of Element14 Ltd., a company which was eventually sold to Broadcom Corp. www.icerasemi.com

Imperas Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.) was formed in 2005 by Simon Davidmann, a serial EDA entrepreneur. The company offers system development and virtual prototyping tools that combine the elaboration of both hardware and software while dealing with multiprocessing issues. www.imperas.com

Innovative Silicon Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) is a 2002 start-up founded by Pierre Fazan (CTO) to develop an SOI-based single-transistor memory. Now led by Mark-Eric Jones, Innovative has licensed its “floating body” memory to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. amongst others. www.innovativesilicon.com

IPtronics A/S (Roskilde, Denmark) was established in 2003 by the former managers and technical staff from Giga A/S — a company sold to Intel Corp. in 2000 for $1.25 billion. IPtronics has developed a chip technology for parallel optical interconnects in the computer communications market.www.iptronics.com

Kovio Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.) was spun out from the MIT Media Laboratory by a team of scientists in 2001. The company is developing manufacturing technology that combines the low cost of graphics printing with the functionality of silicon-based semiconductor integrated circuits. www.kovio.com

Light Blue Optics Ltd. (Cambridge, England) was founded in December 2003 by photonics researchers from Cambridge University Engineering Department. They set out to produce small, portable, power-efficient image projectors suitable for use in battery-powered electronic devices such as mobile phones and digital cameras. www.lightblueoptics.com