SVM (Silicon Valley Microelectronics, Inc.) is a privately held
California corporation which provides silicon
wafers and services to the
semiconductor and solar industries. SVM sells a variety of wafer diameters, including 100mm, 200mm, and 300mm Prime and Test device quality wafers. The company not only handles silicon, but also special materials such as
gallium arsenide
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) is a III-V direct band gap semiconductor with a Zincblende (crystal structure), zinc blende crystal structure.
Gallium arsenide is used in the manufacture of devices such as microwave frequency integrated circuits, monoli ...
,
indium phosphide
Indium phosphide (InP) is a binary semiconductor composed of indium and phosphorus. It has a face-centered cubic ("zincblende") crystal structure, identical to that of GaAs and most of the III-V semiconductors.
Manufacturing
Indium phosphide ca ...
,
Silicon on Insulator
In semiconductor manufacturing, silicon on insulator (SOI) technology is fabrication of silicon semiconductor devices in a layered silicon–insulator–silicon substrate, to reduce parasitic capacitance within the device, thereby improving perfo ...
and
silicon carbide. SVM offers grinding, polishing, film deposition, and other related wafer processing services as well.
History
SVN inc. was founded by Patrick Callinan in 1990.
In 1992, Callinan received a line of credit from
Wells Fargo to purchase more inventory, which by 1993 increased their sales to $700,000 for the year. By 1996 the number of sales had increased to $14 million, and their employee numbers increased from 3 to 17. The company's headquarters have been located in
Santa Clara, California since 2005.
Patrick Callinan and his son Jaymes Callinan founded Vista Solar in 2008, which is wholly-owned by SVM. The company specializes in PV solar installations and went from the home market to commercial installations in 2012. SVM currently has 30 full time employees and is an ISO 9000 certified supplier.
Awards
On July 2, 2009, SVM was awarded an Energy Innovator Award by Silicon Valley Power (SVP). The award was presented to SVM's President, Patrick Callinan by Santa Clara Mayor
Patricia Mahan at the Silicon Valley Energy Summit held at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
. The Summit, co-sponsored by Stanford's Precourt Energy Efficiency Center hosted keynote speaker Former Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice ( ; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 66th Uni ...
.
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Silicon Valley Microelectronics
Companies based in Santa Clara, California
American companies established in 1990
Silicon wafer producers
Electronics companies established in 1990