A chip design company where Huang worked early in his career.
Acquired · Oct 15Huang calls it one of the most important companies in Silicon Valley, and it taught him that higher abstraction in chip design transforms an industry. Its CEO called Don Valentine to tell him to invest in Huang.
Acquired · Mar 28Jensen built a reputation there turning customer visions into shipping chips, including for Sun's SPARCstation 1. Its CEO Wilf Corrigan referred him to Don Valentine, and its IPO gave Sequoia a $153 million return on day one.
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