Yokneam is fast becoming one of the major centers of core semiconductor technologies.

Yokneam is fast becoming one of the major centers of core semiconductor technologies. After Marvell acquired Galileo Technologies in 2000 for $2.7 billion, the Yokneam site became Marvell's R&D site in Israel.

In addition to these acquisitions, Yokneam is home to a number of other companies in the semiconductor field.