Discera

Based in San Jose, California, Discera is a fabless analog semiconductor company that designs, develops, and distributes micro-electromechanical systems timing solutions, including differential oscillators and multi-output clock generators. The enterprise utilizes standard CMOS manufacturing processes to produce high-stability silicon resonators for radio frequency and frequency control applications across the consumer electronics, enterprise, industrial, and communication hardware sectors. Operating under the executive leadership of Chief Executive Officer Bruce Diamond, the business functioned as an independent entity before being acquired by semiconductor manufacturer Micrel, Inc. during a 2013 transaction. Following this corporate integration into a larger publicly traded organization, the subsidiary currently reports an operational scale of 0 employees according to the latest available data. Discera was originally established in 2001 by primary founder Clark Nguyen, who developed the core technology alongside academic co-inventors Roger Howe and Liwei Lin.