orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2012 svm type private industry silicon wafers & services founded 1990 headquarters santa clara california u.s. key people patrick callinan president & founder website www.svmi.com svm silicon valley microelectronics inc. is a privately held california corporation which provides silicon wafers and services to the semiconductor and solar industries . the company not only handles silicon but also specialty materials such as gallium arsenide indium phosphide and silicon carbide . svm offers grinding polishing film deposition and other related wafer processing services as well . 1 owner and president patrick callinan founded svm in 1990 . in 2008 svm founded a new wholly owned subsidiary vista solar which specializes in commercial pv solar installations throughout california . 2 awards edit 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 . the summit co sponsored by stanford s precourt energy efficiency center hosted keynote speaker former secretary of state condoleezza rice . 3 on october 30 2008 svm became green business certified through the santa clara county green business program . references edit svm line card svm line card . svmi.com . 2014 02 20 . retrieved 2014 08 04 . father son team grow vista solar from longtime chip supplier silicon valley business journal . bizjournals.com . 2012 01 27 . retrieved 2014 08 04 . svm honored as environmental innovator at silicon valley energy summit eon enhanced online news . eon.businesswire.com . 2009 07 02 . retrieved 2012 06 21 . external links edit silicon valley microelectronics vista solar retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title silicon valley microelectronics & oldid 689767163 categories companies based in santa clara californiacompanies established in 1990silicon wafer producershidden categories orphaned articles from august 2012all orphaned articlesarticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 november 2015 at 07 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view