$160 million in total funding Dan Dobberpuhl, the lead designer for the DEC Alpha and StrongARM processors, founded PA Semi in Santa Clara, California in 2003 as a fabless semiconductor company. Previously, the company worked on processors such as Itanium, Opteron, and UltraSPARC. The net worth of PA Semi is estimated using several social parameters. Please use it as a guide only, since Beats Electronics' real earnings may differ significantly from the monetary amount stated above.