Exar seeks excellence in the exacting world of integrated circuits. The fabless semiconductor company's digital, analog, and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) are used in networking equipment -- especially telecom infrastructure gear -- as well as in video and imaging devices, such as handheld electronics, set-top boxes, and DVRs. It also makes ICs and subsystems for the power management and datacom and storage markets, including storage optimization and network security processors. Customers include Alcatel Lucent, EMC, Huawei, Teradata, and ZTE. The company gets about 85% of its sales outside the US.