Based in Edinburgh, Algotronix is the leading UK supplier of technical due diligence on semiconductor and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) companies. Algotronix also develops and markets its own FPGA related intellectual property. Principal consultants Dr Tom Kean and Professor John Gray are recognised as leading independent experts in FPGA technology and built the world's first commercial reconfigurable computer, the Algotronix CHS2X4, in 1991.

Based in Edinburgh and San Jose, California, Alpha Data was set up in 1993 to provide state-of-the-art solutions for compute-intensive applications. The company uses the largest and fastest FPGAs on the market to design and build high-performance systems for customers including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Motorola and BAe.

Founded at the University of Edinburgh in 1990, EPCC is the largest high performance computing centre in Europe and manages one of the biggest supercomputers in Europe, called HPCx. By using high-performance computers to model and investigate the natural world, the centre specialises in analysing real-world problems for clients in academia, industry, commerce and government.

Based at the Alba Centre in Livingston, ISLI is a unique collaboration between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, and Strathclyde universities and has links to Lancaster University. Founded in 1998, it is the world's first centre of excellence for postgraduate education and research in the methodology and applications of system-on-chip design, system level integration and related technologies.

Nallatech has been delivering innovative high-performance FPGA computing solutions to global blue-chip companies for over a decade. Founded by Allan Cantle in 1993, the company has brought to market 50 products and exported 90% of products. With 1000 installations worldwide, Nallatech specialises in large infrastructure applications for clients in the aerospace, military, communications, imaging and scientific computing sectors. Headquartered in Scotland with Nallatech Inc as a US subsidiary, the company's award-winning technology combined with unrivalled industry expertise has ensured a steady stream of multi-million dollar contracts.

Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive. Our mission is to help the people and businesses of Scotland succeed. In doing so, we aim to build a world-class economy. As well as companies and individuals, we also work with universities, colleges, local authorities and other public sector bodies to achieve these goals.

Based in San Jose, California, and valued at more than $10 billion on Nasdaq, Xilinx pioneered the development of FPGA processors and is one of the world's biggest suppliers of programmable logic devices. It designs, develops and markets a range of advanced integrated circuits, software design tools and intellectual property. Bernie Vonderschmitt, who founded Xilinx in 1984, also pioneered the "fabless" model of manufacturing semiconductors by outsourcing everything but design, marketing and support functions.