SVM

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Support vector machine

In machine learning, support vector machines (SVMs, also support vector networks) are supervised learning models with associated learning algorithms that analyze data used for classification and regression analysis. Given a set of training examples, each marked for belonging to one of two categories, an SVM training algorithm builds a model that assigns new examples into one category or the other, making it a non-probabilistic binary linear classifier. An SVM model is a representation of the examples as points in space, mapped so that the examples of the separate categories are divided by a clear gap that is as wide as possible. New examples are then mapped into that same space and predicted to belong to a category based on which side of the gap they fall on.

In addition to performing linear classification, SVMs can efficiently perform a non-linear classification using what is called the kernel trick, implicitly mapping their inputs into high-dimensional feature spaces.

Silicon Valley Microelectronics

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. 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.

Awards

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.