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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


         CONSENT OF MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED


         We hereby consent to the use of our opinion letter dated July 13, 2001
to the Board of Directors of Sanmina Corporation included as Annex B to the
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus which forms a part of the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 relating to the proposed merger of Sun Acquisition
Subsidiary, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanmina Corporation, with and
into SCI Systems, Inc., and to the references to such opinion in such Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the captions "Summary of the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus - Our Reasons for Proposing the Merger of Sanmina and
SCI," "The Merger - Background of the Merger," "The Merger - Recommendation of
Sanmina's Board of Directors and Sanmina's Reason's for the Merger" and "The
Merger - Opinion of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated". In
giving such consent, we do not admit and we hereby disclaim that we come within
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, nor do we hereby admit that we
are experts with respect to any part of such Registration Statement within the
meaning of the term "experts" as used in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder.


                                        /s/ MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER &
                                            SMITH INCORPORATED
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                                            MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER &
                                                  SMITH INCORPORATED


August 10, 2001