Rank: 7 (Previous rank: 21)
Employees: 2,616
Headquarters: Fremont, CA
Sector(s): Electronics
Why it's hot: Tiny circuits are big business. Consumer electronics giants Toshiba and Samsung are buying Lam's machines, which can etch circuits as fine as 45 nanometers across for flash memory chips used in mobile phones, iPods, and other gadgets.
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