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Exhibit 12.1

Sanmina-SCI Corporation
Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

			Fiscal Year
			2005			2004			2003			2002			2001
			(In thousands, except ratios)
Fixed Charges:
	Rent Expense		$	42,300		$	49,151		$	54,067		$	49,800		$	27,600
	Interest factor			6.90			7.36			6.90			5.11			2.18
	Interest component of rental expense			6,134			6,678			7,836			9,756			12,646
	Interest, debt expense & amortization of debt expense			142,319			115,304			128,501			97,833			55,218
		Total fixed charges		148,453			121,982			136,337			107,586			67,891
Earnings for fixed charges calculation:
	Pre-tax income (loss)			(593,863	)		(15,581	)		(198,207	)		(2,814,892	)		82,792
	Equity method investee's losses			—			15,526			6,351			4,512			—
				(593,863	)		(55	)		(191,856	)		(2,810,380	)		82,792
Fixed charges				148,453			121,982			136,337			107,586			67,891
		Earnings for calculation purposes	$	(445,411	)	$	121,927		$	(55,519	)	$	(2,702,795	)	$	150,683
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1)				—			1.0	x		—			—			2.2	x

(1)

Earnings for fiscal 2005, fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2002 were insufficient to cover fixed charges by approximately $593.9 million for fiscal 2005, approximately $191.9 million for fiscal 2003 and 2.8 billion for fiscal 2002. The loss before income taxes for fiscal 2005 included a goodwill impairment loss of $600 million, the loss before income taxes for fiscal 2003 included an impairment of long-lived assets loss of $95.6 million and the loss before income taxes for fiscal 2002 included a goodwill impairment loss of $2.8 billion.

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Exhibit 12.1

Sanmina-SCI Corporation Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges