Thunderbird Technologies, Inc.

Founded in 1989 by Albert W. Vinal, Thunderbird Technologies was conceived as a semiconductor design and research company with an intellectual property (IP) licensing business model. Thunderbird has been issued a number pf patents for circuit design techniques as well as semiconductor device design, specifically CMOS FET design. Thunderbird is in the business of actively licensing it's current IP portfolio through licensing agents as well as directly through the company.

Thunderbird's IP portfolio is based upon Al Vinals's extensive experience as a memory designer for IBM. Al worked for IBM for 17 years, where he he was responsible for 72 U.S. Patents and authored numerous papers and other publications. He was Thunderbird's Chief Scientist and also Chairman of the Board at the time of his passing in 1994. One of Al's passions was restoring antique automobiles. He owned two Ford Thunderbirds which he had personally restored, then sold to fund the first patent applications; thus the name of the company.