Sanmina-SCI Corporation

Founded in 1984, Xilinx designs, develops and markets a full line of programmable logic solutions. The company offers programmable logic devices, including field programmable gate arrays and complex programmable logic devices, software design tools and predefined system functions delivered as intellectual property cores. Xilinx products are used by electronic equipment manufacturers primarily in the communications, storage, server, aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer and industrial markets. In addition, Xilinx offers education, design and support services. The company sells its products through independent domestic and foreign distributors, as well as a network of independent sales representative firms and a direct sales management organization. The company targets original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. It also has a strategic foundry relationship with the Toshiba Corporation for the production of advanced silicon wafers in Japan. Xilinx maintains its headquarters in San Jose, Calif.

Lam Research Corporation, founded in 1980, is one of the leading suppliers of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the world's semiconductor industry. The company provides various types of etch systems, including dielectric etch, conductor etch, resist strip and Synergy cleaning products. Its etch and chemical mechanical planarization products selectively remove portions of various films from the wafer to create semiconductors. The company also develops intellectual property for integrated processing solutions. Its Synergy standalone clean system is used to clean wafers both before and after a range of semiconductor processing steps. Lam Research Corporation is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and maintains a network of facilities throughout the United States, Japan, Europe, and Asia.

Based in Fremont, Calif., Bema Electronics provides electronics manufacturing solutions to multiple industries. The company provides an array of services, including consignment builds, prototyping, surface-mount technology, system integration, design for manufacturability (DFM) and supply chain management. It also offers customized services related to new product introduction, including consignment services, quick-turn assembly, surface-mount technology and material procurement. Bema Electronics serves companies at differing scales of operations from several industries, some of which are communications, broadcasting, fiber optics, medical, defense/ aerospace and automotive.