GD California is a privately owned company located on the outskirts of Silicon Valley. Since 1987, it has provided assistance to the manufacturer s end of product life management problems and customers with discontinued material sourcing problems. GD California has sold products to almost 5,000 customers worldwide and served approximately 1,200 customers each year, including one-third of the Fortune 1000 companies. The company supports over 2,500 different products. The majority are computer circuit card assembly level. These products include VME bus, STD & STD32 bus, CompactPCI, MBI, MBII, SBUS, QBUS, UNIBUS, telecommunications systems and SCSI bus boards; graphic boards; data storage units; chassis and canisters; and small computer systems. Once the manufacturer transfers these products to GD California, their form, fit and functionality are maintained at the level of revision, at the time of transfer. GD California provides services to the military, telecommunications, industrial automation and CAM, commercial aircraft, semiconductor processing and medical testing fields.