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Cirrus Logic

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Cirrus Logic is a leading supplier of low-power audio and high-performance mixed-signal processing solutions for mobile and consumer applications. Founded in 1984, Cirrus Logic excels at developing complex chip designs where feature integration and innovation is a premium. Cirrus Logic has a robust portfolio of sophisticated products including boosted amplifiers, smart codecs, camera controllers, haptic drivers and sensing solutions, power conversion and control ICs, and fast-charging ICs. These solutions are supported by a strong intellectual property portfolio with more than 4,000 pending and issued patents. The company’s headquarters are in Austin, Texas, with offices in Phoenix, Arizona and Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as major locations in London, Newbury and Edinburgh, UK and Taipei, Taiwan, as well as China, Japan and Korea.

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

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Founded on March 10, 1942 — just three months after the United States entered World War II — APL was created as part of a federal government effort to mobilize scientific resources to address wartime challenges. APL was assigned the task of finding a more effective way for ships to defend themselves against enemy air attacks. The Laboratory designed, built, and tested a radar proximity fuze (known as the VT fuze) that significantly increased the effectiveness of anti-aircraft shells in the Pacific — and, later, ground artillery during the invasion of Europe. The product of the Laboratory’s intense development effort was later judged to be, along with the atomic bomb and radar, one of the three most valuable technology developments of the war. On the basis of that successful collaboration, the government, Johns Hopkins University, and APL made a commitment to continue their strategic relationship. The Laboratory rapidly became a major contributor to advances in guided missiles and submarine technologies. Today, more than eight decades later, the Laboratory’s numerous and diverse achievements continue to strengthen our nation. APL continues to relentlessly pursue the mission it has followed since its first day: to make critical contributions to critical challenges for our nation.