Computer Hardware

SanDisk Corporation Corporate Office

SanDisk Corporation was founded by Eli Harari and his Intel colleague Sanjay Mehrotra, who is now ScanDisk’s President and CEO, and Jack Yuan.

The new company was known as SunDisk and it was formed to develop and produce removable flash memory cards for digital cameras and similar technology for computers.

Today SanDisk Corporation offers removable and embedded memory cards used in mobile phones, digital cameras, tablets, GPS devices, and digital audio/video players as well as USB flash drives and solid-state drives (SSDs). The company also leases its portfolio of 4,700 US and international patents.

SanDisk Corporation trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SNDK, is a member of the S&P 500, is #422 in the Fortune 500, has 5,459 employees, and had $6.62 billion in revenue in 2013.

SanDisk Corporation

SanDisk Corporation was founded by Eli Harari and his Intel colleague Sanjay Mehrotra, who is now ScanDisk’s President and CEO, and Jack Yuan.

The new company was known as SunDisk and it was formed to develop and produce removable flash memory cards for digital cameras and similar technology for computers.

History

SanDisk Corporation trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SNDK, is a member of the S&P 500, is #422 in the Fortune 500, has 5,459 employees, and had $6.62 billion in revenue in 2013.

Broadcom Corporate Office

Broadcom was founded in 1991 by Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas III as Broadband Telecom. The founders had a shared vision of cable and high-speed networking.

The company grew rapidly, with 40 employees and revenue of $6.6 million in 1995 and 921 employees and $521.2 million in revenue in 1999.

Today Broadcom Corporation is a semiconductor supplier for the global wireless and wired communications industry and is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers.

Notable clients include Apple, Cisco, and ZTE.

Broadcom trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol BRCM, is a member of the S&P 500, is #328 in the Fortune 500, has 12,550 employees, and had $8.24 billion in revenue in 2013.

Broadcom

Broadcom was founded in 1991 by Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas III as Broadband Telecom. The founders had a shared vision of cable and high-speed networking.

The company grew rapidly, with 40 employees and revenue of $6.6 million in 1995 and 921 employees and $521.2 million in revenue in 1999.

Today Broadcom Corporation is a semiconductor supplier for the global wireless and wired communications industry and is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers.

History

Notable clients include Apple, Cisco, and ZTE.

Broadcom trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol BRCM, is a member of the S&P 500, is #328 in the Fortune 500, has 12,550 employees, and had $8.24 billion in revenue in 2013.

Micron Technology Corporate Office

Micron Technology was founded in 1978 by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman as a semiconductor consulting company.

In 2005 Micron teamed up with Intel to create the new company IM Flash Technologies. This joint venture produced NAND flash (flash memory).

Today Micron is one of the largest memory chip makers in the world. The company manufactures Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), SDRAM, flash memory, and SSDs (data storage devices).

Micron Technology trades publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol MU, is a member of the S&P 500, is a member of the NASDAQ 100, is #302 in the Fortune 500, and had $16.36 billion in revenue in 2013.

Micron Technology

Micron Technology was founded in 1978 by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman as a semiconductor consulting company.

In 2005 Micron teamed up with Intel to create the new company IM Flash Technologies. This joint venture produced NAND flash (flash memory).

Today Micron is one of the largest memory chip makers in the world. The company manufactures Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), SDRAM, flash memory, and SSDs (data storage devices).

History

Applied Materials Corporate Office

Applied Materials is a manufacturer of equipment and provider of services and software that enables the manufacture of semiconductor, LCD displays, and solar products, among others.

The company was founded in 1967 by Michael A. McNeilly.

Applied Materials grew by acquisition, buying Opal Technologies and Orbot Instruments in 1996, Etec Systems in 2000, Baccini in 2008, Semitool Inc. in 2009, and Varian Semiconductor in 2011.

Today Applied Materials is the largest manufacturer of semiconductor equipment in the world. The company also manufactures equipment used in making solar power cells.

Applied Materials is traded publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol AMAT, is a member of the S&P 500, is #350 in the Fortune 500, has 13,700 employees, and had $8.08 billion in revenue in 2013.

Applied Materials

Applied Materials is a manufacturer of equipment and provider of services and software that enables the manufacture of semiconductor, LCD displays, and solar products, among others.

The company was founded in 1967 by Michael A. McNeilly.

Applied Materials grew by acquisition, buying Opal Technologies and Orbot Instruments in 1996, Etec Systems in 2000, Baccini in 2008, Semitool Inc. in 2009, and Varian Semiconductor in 2011.

History

Today Applied Materials is the largest manufacturer of semiconductor equipment in the world. The company also manufactures equipment used in making solar power cells.

Sanmina-SCI Corporation Corporate Office

Sanmina Corporation was founded in 1961 by engineers Olin B. King, Bill Greaver, and Joe Kirk as Space Craft Inc. The company manufactured aerospace components.

Today Sanmina is a manufacturer of sophisticated electronic components, specifically circuit boards, backplanes, enclosures, cable assemblies, optical components, and memory modules.

The company makes components serving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the health care, defense, medical, aerospace, telecommunications, and technology industries.

Sanmina Corporation is traded publicly on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SANM, is a member of the S&P 500, is #432 in the Fortune 500, has 33,144 employees, and had $6.03 billion in revenue in 2013.

Sanmina Corporation

Sanmina Corporation was founded in 1961 by engineers Olin B. King, Bill Greaver, and Joe Kirk as Space Craft Inc. The company manufactured aerospace components.

Today Sanmina is a manufacturer of sophisticated electronic components, specifically circuit boards, backplanes, enclosures, cable assemblies, optical components, and memory modules.

The company makes components serving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the health care, defense, medical, aerospace, telecommunications, and technology industries.