Our Company

Silicon Valley Microelectronics (SVM) is a silicon wafer supplier, founded by our President, Patrick Callinan, in 1990. Over the past 35 years, our company has become the largest distributor of silicon wafers in the world, with a multimillion-dollar inventory conveniently located in a 30,000 square foot facility in the heart of the Silicon Valley. We have a multilingual staff, speaking Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, French and more.

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Why choose SVM?

The World’s Largest Distributor of Silicon Wafers
35 Years of Successful Silicon Wafer Distribution
Competitive Pricing
Multimillion-Dollar Silicon Wafer Inventory (50mm-300mm)
A Wide Range of Wafer Processing Options
Fast Delivery
We Speak Many Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, French and more
SVM is an ISO 9001 Certified Company.

They have consistently maintained competitive pricing and delivery for a high quality product.

J.D., Scotts Valley, CA

SVM’s reliable and consistent on-time deliveries, and even deliveries at short notices have tremendously increased the productivity and smoothness of our operations.

F.C., Taipei, TW

Outstanding service includes excellent communications, rapid deliveries, cheerful responds to emergency requests, and innovative suggestions for solutions to our needs.

B.A., Monroeville, PA

Overall, SVM has met and exceeded our expectations as a supplier. We would recommend SVM to any company seeking a high quality supplier, who consistently strives to meet customer request in this volatile market.

J.F., Newport, UK

Working in such a rapid changing environment, on so many different levels, it is nice to know that we will have reliable service from an excellent company.

S.B., Edmonton, Canada

Always a good and pleasant experience with SVM.

X.L., Lacy, WA

We would recommend SVM to any company seeking a quality supplier, who consistently strives to meet customer request.

H.S., Itzehoe, DE

Our relationship with SVM has always been rewarding. Delivery time has never been an issue, and they constantly look for ways to save us money.

L.G., Adrian, MI

No wonder SVM is praised as one of the best companies in USA because of best service in addition to the best products it provides.

T.Y., Richmond, CA

Their professional approach from first contact, throughout their in-house, front-end procedures, has been well constructed to ensure the customer gets the service they have ordered and nothing less.

L.B., Newport, UK

They have consistently maintained competitive pricing and delivery for a high quality product.

J.D., Scotts Valley, CA

SVM’s reliable and consistent on-time deliveries, and even deliveries at short notices have tremendously increased the productivity and smoothness of our operations.

F.C., Taipei, TW

Who We Are

SVM offers a wide range of high-quality virgin silicon wafers in diameters from 50mm to 450mm, and a complete line of non-silicon wafers including Float-zone (FZ), Silicon Carbide (SiC), Glass Wafers (Borofloat 33 and Eagle XG), Fused-silica, Quartz, Sapphire, and Gallium Nitride wafers.

In addition to our wafer products, we provide a wide range of processing services, including Thermal Oxide, LPCVD and PECVD films, PVD, CVD and ALD metals, Silicon Epitaxy, Photolithography, wafer-reclaim and much more.

Our Small Business Success Story

1990

SVM is founded by Patrick Callinan focusing primarily on the sale of ceramic packages

1994

SVM moves into its first 1,000 sq. ft office at 1440 Koll Circle. There are 3 employees.

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 1,000 sq. ft office location is added on Koll Circle.

1997

SVM moves into a 5,000 sq. ft office space at 97 E. Brokaw Road. The warehouse facility moved to a 2,400 sq. ft location on Berling Drive. The employee total is now at 15.

2000

SVM moves to 1150 Campbell Avenue in San Jose located near Santa Clara University. This is a 16,000 sq. ft facility with 5,000 sq. ft of office space and 11,000 sq. ft 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 its silicon wafer line of products and services, focusing entirely on providing extraordinary customer service, specializing in same-day shipments from the now multimillion-dollar inventory. With 25 employees assisting customers in a variety of different languages, SVM can handle all of your wafer and wafer processing needs.

2007

In its commitment to be an environmentally conscious company, SVM installs a 50 kWh solar system offsetting over 55% of the company’s energy needs. Patrick Callinan founds Silicon Valley Solar. SV Solar begins engineering flat plate internal concentration solar modules that use less than half of the solar cells than traditional models.

2008

SVM predicts $220 million in sales, making 2008 its highest grossing year to date. SVM is now a leading distributor of silicon wafers and services to both the semiconductor and solar industries. Patrick Callinan founds Vista Solar, a solar integrations provider. Vista Solar begins installing PV arrays throughout the Bay Area.

2019

SVM has now succeeded in supplying a variety of customers and industries for 29 years and counting. 2019 marks another positive and successful year. With the rise of tariffs, SVM gains more mutually beneficial business deals with our vendors worldwide in order to continue supplying high quality products at low, competitive prices.