Jazz Semiconductor (R), founded in 2002 and based in Newport Beach, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jazz Technologies (TM) that provides semiconductor device manufacturers worldwide with modular analog-intensive mixed-signal (AIMS) foundry products and services. The company is known for its RFCMOS and CMOS technologies. It offers customers BiCMOS, SiGe BiCMOS, and other specialty CMOS technologies. Development tools streamline the creation of complex designs. Jazz Semiconductor has developed components for transceivers, silicon tuners, power management integrated circuits (ICs), radio frequency (RF) chips, and other products. It is known for its SBC18H2, SBC13, SBC18HX, and SBC35 SiGe products. Jazz Semiconductor also offers clients the Process Control Monitoring Model Tool (PCMT). The company has earned ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and BS7799 certifications. The firm serves 100 businesses across the wireless, optical networking, power management, consumer electronics, storage, and aerospace sectors. Jazz Semiconductor has a wafer fabrication plant in Newport Beach. It also has formed manufacturing alliances with Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, Hua Hong NEC Electronics Company Limited, and Fujitsu. Original investors included Newport Fab LLC, Conexant Systems Incorporated, and affiliates of The Carlyle Group. The company was acquired by Jazz Technologies in 2007. Jazz Technologies is listed on the American Stock Exchange under the JAZ symbol.