POWER OF ATTORNEY
	The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of
Sanmina-SCI Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Patricia L. Scarsdale, Christopher D. Mitchell, Steven
Jackman, and Michael M. Sullivan, and each of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
1. complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his or her
discretion determine to be required or advisable pursuant to
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended)
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities
of the Company, and

2. do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or
national association, the Company and such other person or agency
asthe attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.
The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).
	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4,and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of the 29th day of July, 2003


Signature   /s/  A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.