About SVM » History
SVM Timeline
| 1990 | Silicon Valley Microelectronics, Inc. is founded by Patrick Callinan focusing primarily on the sale of ceramic packages. |
| 1993 | SVM moves into its first 1000 ft² office at 1440 Kohl Circle. There are 3 employees. |
| 1994 | SVM adds more office space and a 2000 ft² warehouse at 1445 Kohl Circle. The fourth and fifth employees are hired. SVM begins to sell JEDEC Trays. |
| 1996 | By 1996, there are 10 employees. The sales group is focusing mainly on selling silicon wafers and jedec trays as the market for ceramic packages was on a steep decline. Another 1000 ft² office location is added on Kohl Circle. |
| 1997 | SVM moves into a 5000 ft² office space at 97 East Brokaw Rd. The warehouse facility moved to a 2400 ft² location on Bering Drive. Employee total is now at 15. |
| 1998 | SVM aquires an additional 4000 ft² warehouse facility also on Bering Drive. There are now 20 employees focusing almost entirely on silicon wafers. |
| 2000 | SVM moves to 1150 Campbell Ave in San Jose located near Santa Clara University. This is a 16,000 ft² facility with 5000 ft² of office space and 11,000 ft² of warehouse space all under one roof. By this time there were 25 full time employees and SVM’s sales numbers had risen to $15 million. |
| 2003 | SVM continues to grow and develop, focusing entirely on providing extraordinary customer service, specializing in same day shipments from our multi-million dollar inventory. With 25 full-time employees ready to assist you in a number of different languages, SVM can handle all of your wafer and wafer processing needs. |
| 2005 | SVM moves to its current location on 2985 Kifer Road in Santa Clara, CA 95051. Our new telephone number is: (408) 844-7100. And the SVM main fax number is: (408) 844-9470 |



