nd of slang term for cellular phones. But Motorola has also made a name for itself in semiconductors, networking, broadband and cable products. While the company has a global reach, not many know that its products have gone beyond terra firma as well. Motorola products have been to the moon, hitching a ride on the Apollo missions; to Mars aboard the Viking II and to Saturn, Uranus and Neptune on the Voyager I and II missions. In addition to this, Motorola products are part of NASA's STARDUST program to collect materials from a comet hurtling through space. Galvin-izing the company The company was founded by Paul V. Galvin in Chicago in 1928. (It was originally called The Galvin Manufacturing Corporation.) As the first manufacturer of two- way, hand-held radios, as well as a pioneering maker of semiconductors and car stereo equipment, the company has over the years earned more than 1,000 patents, making it one of the top three patent holders in the country. In the 1960s, Motorola began expanding overseas and shifting its focus away from consumer electronics. By the end of the 1980s Motorola had grown into the world's top manufacturer of cellular telephones (a position it has since lost to Nokia). Award-winning company Motorola has also won some awards over the years for its technical innovation. Motorola Labs has been named by Scientific American magazine as one of the "Scientific American 50" for breakthrough work in layering computer chips. The layering process, first announced in September 2001, allows inexpensive silicon and gallium arsenide - an expensive material that can transmit electrical signals at much higher speeds - to combine on one chip. The industry has been trying to combine the two materials for nearly 30 years in the hope of creating a less expensive, yet much Visit Vault at www.vault.com for insider company profiles, expert advice, VAULT CAREER career message boards, expert resume reviews, the Vault Job Board and more. LIBRARY Vault Guide to the Top Telecom Employers Motorola, Inc. faster chip.