University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station • Austin, 78712
512-471-3434 • www.utexas.edu
Founded in 1883, the University of
Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is the largest
component of The University of Texas
System – a conglomerate of 16 academic
and health institutions – and the largest
institution of higher education in the
Austin area. With more than 51,000
students (including 11,000 graduate
students), and over 24,000 faculty and staff
members, UT is the fifth largest public
university in the U.S.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
7171 Southwest Pkwy • Austin, 78735
512-602-2292 • www.amd.com
Advanced Micro Devices develops
computer processors and related
technologies for commercial and consumer
markets. Its main products include
microprocessors, motherboard chipsets,
embedded processors and graphics
processors for servers, workstations
and personal computers, and processor
technologies for handheld devices, digital
television, automobiles, game consoles,
and other embedded systems applications.
Apple Computer, Inc.
12545 Riata Vista Circle • Austin, 78727
512-674-2000 • www.apple.com
Personal computer giant Apple, Inc.
employs more than 3,000 at its Austin
location, with employees who work in
sales, marketing, and customer
service. A massive expansion started
in December 2012 will become
the tech giant’s new “Americas
Operation Center” by 2015, with
a second phase to be completed by
2021. Apple’s new operations center
will create approximately 3,600 jobs,
more than doubling their current
workforce in Austin.
Applied Materials
9700 Highway 290 East
Austin, 78724 • 512-272-1000
www.appliedmaterials.com
Applied Materials is a capital equip-
ment producer serving the semicon-
ductor, TFT LCD display, Glass,
WEB and solar (crystalline and thin
film) manufacturing industries. It
creates and commercializes nano-
manufacturing technology used in
the production of semiconductor
(integrated circuit) chips for elec-
tronic gear, flat panel displays for
computers and television, glass
coatings for homes and buildings,
web (flexible substrate) coatings for
industry and photovoltaic solar cells
and modules using both thin film and
crystalline (aka wafer or bulk) photo-
voltaic technology.
Austin Community College
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd. • Austin, 78752
512-223-4222 • www.austincc.edu
Austin Community College employs
nearly 5,000 people in the Austin
and surrounding area. They are the
second largest institution of higher
learning in Central Texas and teach
students in their 10 campus and 8
centers located in and around the
Austin area. They have more than 65
thousand credit and non-credit students
and offer over 235 associate and
certification programs.
AT&T
400 W. 15th St. #1000 J • Austin, 78701
512-870-2528 • www.att.com
Headquartered in San Antonio, the
AT&T/SBC merger in 2005 created
one of the largest telecommunica-
tions companies in the world. It is the
largest provider of fixed and mobile
telephones in the United States,
with more than 210 million total
customers.
