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No. 2,820 Silicon Optix San Jose, CA

	Year	2008
	Industry	Computers & Electronics
	Founded	2000
	Growth	128.4%
	2004 Revenue	$8.6 million
	2007 Revenue	$19.6 million
	Employees	206
	Website	www.siliconoptix.com

What it does:
Develops digital imaging chips for consumer electronic products like high resolution displays and premium DVD players.

Why it's growing:
The company is a producer of the Realta chip, which solves one of the most common problems of high-definition television: the fact that most television and video footage was shot before high definition existed. The chip is able to fix video files with compression problems and grainy images.

What's noteworthy:
Silicon Optix was named a tech pioneer at the 2006 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.