Milpitas is a
city in
Santa Clara County, California. It is located with
San Jose to its south and
Fremont to its north, at the eastern end of
State Route 237 and generally between Interstates
680 and
880 which run roughly north/south through the city. With
Alameda County bordering directly on the north, Milpitas sits in the extreme northeast section of the
South Bay, bordering the
East Bay and
Fremont. Milpitas is also located within the
Silicon Valley. The corporate headquarters of
Maxtor,
LSI Corporation,
Flextronics,
Adaptec,
Intersil,
FireEye,
Cisco Systems, Viavi and Lumentum (formerly
JDSU),
KLA-Tencor, and
SanDisk sit within the industrial zones of Milpitas. The population was 66,790 at the 2010 census.