Company Profiles
Tessera Technologies and Symyx Technologies Set the Pace for Credit Standards, Performance
Intellectual property, small customer base and overall size are three of the remarkably similar characteristics for the 2nd and 3rd ranked CSI companies.
Aside from their industries, the two companies ranked 2nd and 3rd in the 2005 edition of the Credit Standards Index (CSI) are almost identical. Both are research-driven and technology-oriented. Both possess numerous patents in their respective fields. Both have small customer bases. Both are headquartered in California. And finally, both are similar in size with only $13.4 million in revenue separating them as of 2005.
