Top 100 Great Employers - Part 5

COMPUTING & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Advanced Micro Devices
Sunnyvale, CA
A distant second to Intel in microprocessors but gaining steadily in market share by focusing on less costly alternatives for sub-$1,000 PCs. On occasion beats Intel at coming to market with new generation processors. Now selling its own brand of PCs. 13,000 employees.

Applied Materials
Santa Clara, CA
Global leader in wafer processing systems and chip fabrication technology, including chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), epitaxial and polysilicon deposition, rapid thermal processing (RTP), plasma etching, ion implantation, metrology, inspection and chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). 20,000 employees.

Cisco Systems
San Jose, CA
Global leader in hardware, software and services for building networks across the internet. Founded in 1984 by Stanford scientists. 47,000 employee worldwide with 27,000 in U.S.

EMC Corporation
Hopkinton, MA
EMC Corporation is the world's leading supplier of intelligent enterprise storage systems for mainframes and midrange computers. Its RAID software has become the industry standard, making it one of the hottest growth companies in the software industry as well. 25,000 employees.

IBM
Armonk, NY
World's leading maker of computer hardware and number two software powerhouse. 35% of revenues come from providing consulting services to corporation. Striving to maintain an entrepreneurial environment to keep pace with internet development. 310,000 employees.

Intel
Santa Clara, CA
The world's pioneer and leading maker of processors for personal computers. Also competing in memory and other chip sectors. 94,000 employees in 48 countries. Most U.S. employees based in S.F. Bay Area.

Juniper Networks Inc
Sunnyvale, CA
Number two makes and seller of Internet Protocol (IP) routers to telecom service providers and corporations. Has made some prescient moves toward wireless networking and aggressive outsourcing of manufacturing to made rapid gains on market leader Cisco. 1,100 employees.

LSI Logic Inc
Milpitas, CA
Makes chips that serve as the brains behind next-generation broadband CDMA phones and other telecom and entertainment devices. After recent lean years, is poised for explosive growth through at least 2005 as it assumes leadership position. Needs topnotch IC designers and software engineers as well as people to sell to Asian customers who will soon make up 35% of sales. 7,400 employees.

Qualcomm
San Diego, CA
Founded in 1985 to develop next-generation wireless technology. Global leader in mobile phone technology. Has enjoyed impressive growth over two decades. 9,000 employees in U.S.

Science Applications Int'l Corp (SAIC)
San Diego, CA
Sells software development, consulting and systems integration services to the U.S. government and major corporations. Made a prescient $5 mil investment in internet registrar Network Solutions in 1995 and sold it in 2000 for $17 bil to VeriSign. Most of the money went to enrich employees because SAIC is 80% employee-owned. Attractive work environment. 45,000 employees.

Texas Instruments
Dallas, TX
The invention of the integrated circuit by a TI engineer sparked the digital revolution. Continues to be a leading-edge global chipmaker employing top electrical engineers. 32,000 workers around the world, with 16,000 in U.S.

Xerox
Stamford, CT
Aggressively diversified business from traditional reliance on copiers. Now offers consulting services in addition to printers, scanners, fax machines, software, and supplies for larger businesses and U.S. government. Nearly half of sales come from outside U.S. Completed aggressive streamlining campaign and is poised for growth. 92,000 employees.