EMCORE Corporation · Albuquerque, NM United States ·(NASDAQ (GM): EMKR)

EMCORE is both compound and complex. The company's offerings include compound semiconductors -- chips made from compound materials, such as gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN), rather than silicon. Compound semiconductors are used in high-tech devices, including photovoltaic solar cells and optical components for high-speed telecommunications networks. EMCORE's customers include Alcatel-Lucent, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, General Dynamics, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Sycamore Networks, Tellabs, and the US government. The company draws more than half of its sales from customers in North America. To read the full description, subscribe now.