<PAGE>   1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 1997
                                                     Registration No. 333-______

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                               SANMINA CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


<TABLE>
<S>                                                                             <C>       
                          Delaware                                                           77-0228183
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)                  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
</TABLE>


                              355 East Trimble Road
                           San Jose, California 95131
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                           1996 SUPPLEMENTAL STOCK PLAN
                            1995 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN
                        1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                        AMENDED 1990 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
                           (Full titles of the Plans)


                                  RANDY W. FURR
                      President and Chief Operating Officer
                              355 East Trimble Road
                          Santa Clara, California 95131
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                          Christopher D. Mitchell, Esq.
                        Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
                            Professional Corporation
                               650 Page Mill Road
                        Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
                                 (415) 493-9300

================================================================================

<PAGE>   2

================================================================================
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

================================================================================

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Proposed          Proposed
                  Title of                                                    Maximum           Maximum
                 Securities                            Amount                 Offering          Aggregate                Amount of
                   to be                                to be                  Price            Offering               Registration
                 Registered                           Registered              Per Share           Price                     Fee
<S>                                                   <C>                     <C>               <C>                    <C>
1996 Supplemental Stock Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value(1)                        300,000                $32.63           $ 9,788,294(2)           $ 2,966.15

1995 Director Option Plan                              
Common Stock, $0.01 par value(1)                        100,000                $45.69           $ 4,568,700(3)           $ 1,384.46

1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value(1)                        150,000                $44.13           $ 6,619,500(4)           $ 2,005.91

Amended 1990 Incentive
 Stock Plan                                             
Common Stock, $0.01 par value(1)                        850,000                $44.13           $37,510,500(5)           $11,366.82
                                                                                                                         ==========
    Total                                                                                                                $17,723.34
</TABLE>

------------------------------------------------

(1)      In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
         this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
         interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans
         described herein.

(2)      Computation based in part on the weighted average exercise price per
         share of $32.00 as to 284,477 outstanding but unexercised options to
         purchase Common Stock under the 1996 Supplemental Stock Plan. Balance
         of registration fee estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933 as to 15,523 shares of Common Stock, solely for
         the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is
         based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
         as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 1997 because the
         price at which stock purchase rights to be granted in the future is not
         currently determinable.

(3)      Computation based in part on the weighted average exercise price per
         share of $49.32 as to 30,000 outstanding but unexercised options to
         purchase Common Stock under the 1995 Director Option Plan. Balance of
         registration fee estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933 as to 70,000 shares of Common Stock, solely for
         the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is
         based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
         as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 1997 because the
         price at which stock purchase rights to be granted in the future is not
         currently determinable.

(4)      Computation estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933 as to 150,000 shares of Common Stock reserved 
         for issuance under 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, solely for the
         purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is based
         upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as
         reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 1997 because the
         price at which stock purchase rights to be granted in the future is not
         currently determinable.

(5)      Computation estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933 as to 850,000 shares of Common Stock reserved
         for issuance under the Amended 1990 Incentive Stock Plan, solely for
         the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is
         based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
         as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 1997 because the
         price at which stock purchase rights to be granted in the future is not
         currently determinable.


                                       2
<PAGE>   3

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")are hereby incorporated by
reference:

         (a)      The Registrant's annual report for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1996 filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") on December 24, 1996 and amendment
filed thereto on December 27, 1996.

         (b)      The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant that is
contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12
of the Exchange Act on February 19, 1993.

         (c)      All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.

Item 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Mario M. Rosati, a director of the Company since January 1997, is also
a member of the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, Palo Alto, California ("WSGR"). The amounts paid by the Company to
WSGR were less than 5% of WSGR's total gross revenues for its last completed
fiscal year.

Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Registrant has adopted provisions in its Certificate of
Incorporation that eliminate the personal liability of its directors and
officers for monetary damages arising from a breach of their fiduciary duties in
certain circumstances to the fullest extent permitted by law and authorizes the
Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Such limitation of liability does not affect the availability
of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.

         The Registrant's Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, including circumstances in which indemnification is
otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware provides for the indemnification of officers,
directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify
such persons, under certain circumstances, for certain liabilities (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Securities Act"). The Registrant intends to enter into indemnification
agreements to such effect with its officers and directors containing provisions
which are in some respects broader than the specific


                                      II-1
<PAGE>   4

indemnification provisions contained in the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
The indemnification agreements may require the Company, among other things, to
indemnify such officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise
by reason of their status or service as directors or officers (other than
liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature) and to advance
their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which
they could be indemnified. The form of such indemnification agreement has been
approved by the Company's stockholders.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  EXHIBITS.

         Exhibit
         Number                        Document
         -------      ------------------------------------------------

         5.1          Opinion of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., as to
                      the legality of securities being registered

         10.1         1996 Supplemental Stock Plan

         10.2(1)      Amended 1990 Incentive Stock Plan

         10.3(2)      1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

         10.4         1995 Director Option Plan

         23.1         Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Auditors

         23.2         Consent of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
                      (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)

         24.1         Power of Attorney (see page II-5)

-------------------

         (1)      Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibits
                  previously filed with Registrant's Report on Form 10-K filed
                  with the SEC on December 29, 1994.

         (2)      Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibits
                  previously filed with Registrant's Registration Statement on
                  Form S-1, No. 33-70700 filed with the SEC on February 19,
                  1993.


Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.


                                      II-2
<PAGE>   5

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

(b)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be an initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                      II-3
<PAGE>   6

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized in the City of San Jose, State of California on February 28, 1997.

                                        SANMINA CORPORATION


                                        By:      /s/  RANDY FURR
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Randy Furr, President,
                                                 Chief Operating Officer and
                                                 Acting Chief Financial Officer


                                      II-4
<PAGE>   7

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Randy Furr his attorney-in-fact with the
power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments
to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and as of the date indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         SIGNATURE                                   TITLE                              DATE
<S>                                         <C>                                        <C>
  /s/ JURE SOLA                             Chairman, Chief Executive                   February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------       Officer and Director*
         Jure Sola                          Principal Executive Officer)

  /s/ RANDY FURR                            President, Chief Operating                  February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------       Officer and Acting Chief Financial
         Randy Furr                         Officer (Principal Financial and
                                            Accounting Officer)

  /s/ BERNARD VONDERSCHMITT                          Director*                          February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------
         Bernard Vonderschmitt

  /s/  JOHN BOLGER                                   Director*                          February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------
         John Bolger

  /s/ NEIL BONKE                                     Director*                          February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------
         Neil Bonke

  /s/ MARIO ROSATI                                   Director*                          February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------
         Mario Rosati
</TABLE>

* The employee benefit plans being registered pursuant to this Registration
Statement are subject to administration by the Board of Directors of the
Registrant. Option grants under the 1995 Director Option Plan, however, are
automatic.


                                      II-5
<PAGE>   8

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    EXHIBITS

                                   ----------

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                               SANMINA CORPORATION

<PAGE>   9

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

         Exhibit
         Number                            Document
         -------      ---------------------------------------------------------
         5.1          Opinion of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., as to
                      the legality of securities being registered

         10.1         1996 Supplemental Stock Plan

         10.2(1)      Amended 1990 Incentive Stock Plan

         10.3(2)      1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

         10.4         1995 Director Option Plan

         23.1         Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Auditors

         23.2         Consent of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
                      (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)

         24.1         Power of Attorney (see page II-5)

-------------------

         (1)      Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibits
                  previously filed with Registrant's Report on Form 10-K filed
                  with the SEC on December 29, 1994.

         (2)      Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibits
                  previously filed with Registrant's Registration Statement on
                  Form S-1, No. 33-70700 filed with the SEC on February 19,
                  1993.
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1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 1997
                                                     Registration No. 333-______

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               SANMINA CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware                                                           77-0228183
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)                  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
355 East Trimble Road
                           San Jose, California 95131
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                           1996 SUPPLEMENTAL STOCK PLAN
                            1995 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN
                        1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                        AMENDED 1990 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
                           (Full titles of the Plans)

                                  RANDY W. FURR
                      President and Chief Operating Officer
                              355 East Trimble Road
                          Santa Clara, California 95131
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                          Christopher D. Mitchell, Esq.
                        Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
                            Professional Corporation
                               650 Page Mill Road
                        Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
                                 (415) 493-9300

================================================================================
2

================================================================================
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

================================================================================
Proposed          Proposed
                  Title of                                                    Maximum           Maximum
                 Securities                            Amount                 Offering          Aggregate                Amount of
                   to be                                to be                  Price            Offering               Registration
                 Registered                           Registered              Per Share           Price                     Fee
1996 Supplemental Stock Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value(1)                        300,000                $32.63           $ 9,788,294(2)           $ 2,966.15

1995 Director Option Plan                              
Common Stock, $0.01 par value(1)                        100,000                $45.69           $ 4,568,700(3)           $ 1,384.46

1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value(1)                        150,000                $44.13           $ 6,619,500(4)           $ 2,005.91

Amended 1990 Incentive
 Stock Plan                                             
Common Stock, $0.01 par value(1)                        850,000                $44.13           $37,510,500(5)           $11,366.82
                                                                                                                         ==========
    Total                                                                                                                $17,723.34
------------------------------------------------

(1)      In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
         this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
         interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans
         described herein.

(2)      Computation based in part on the weighted average exercise price per
         share of $32.00 as to 284,477 outstanding but unexercised options to
         purchase Common Stock under the 1996 Supplemental Stock Plan. Balance
         of registration fee estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933 as to 15,523 shares of Common Stock, solely for
         the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is
         based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
         as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 1997 because the
         price at which stock purchase rights to be granted in the future is not
         currently determinable.

(3)      Computation based in part on the weighted average exercise price per
         share of $49.32 as to 30,000 outstanding but unexercised options to
         purchase Common Stock under the 1995 Director Option Plan. Balance of
         registration fee estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933 as to 70,000 shares of Common Stock, solely for
         the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is
         based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
         as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 1997 because the
         price at which stock purchase rights to be granted in the future is not
         currently determinable.

(4)      Computation estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933 as to 150,000 shares of Common Stock reserved 
         for issuance under 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, solely for the
         purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is based
         upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as
         reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 1997 because the
         price at which stock purchase rights to be granted in the future is not
         currently determinable.

(5)      Computation estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
         Securities Act of 1933 as to 850,000 shares of Common Stock reserved
         for issuance under the Amended 1990 Incentive Stock Plan, solely for
         the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is
         based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
         as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 14, 1997 because the
         price at which stock purchase rights to be granted in the future is not
         currently determinable.

                                       2
3

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")are hereby incorporated by
reference:

         (a)      The Registrant's annual report for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1996 filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") on December 24, 1996 and amendment
filed thereto on December 27, 1996.

         (b)      The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant that is
contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12
of the Exchange Act on February 19, 1993.

         (c)      All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.

Item 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Mario M. Rosati, a director of the Company since January 1997, is also
a member of the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, Palo Alto, California ("WSGR"). The amounts paid by the Company to
WSGR were less than 5% of WSGR's total gross revenues for its last completed
fiscal year.

Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Registrant has adopted provisions in its Certificate of
Incorporation that eliminate the personal liability of its directors and
officers for monetary damages arising from a breach of their fiduciary duties in
certain circumstances to the fullest extent permitted by law and authorizes the
Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Such limitation of liability does not affect the availability
of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.

         The Registrant's Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, including circumstances in which indemnification is
otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware provides for the indemnification of officers,
directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify
such persons, under certain circumstances, for certain liabilities (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Securities Act"). The Registrant intends to enter into indemnification
agreements to such effect with its officers and directors containing provisions
which are in some respects broader than the specific

                                      II-1
4

indemnification provisions contained in the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
The indemnification agreements may require the Company, among other things, to
indemnify such officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise
by reason of their status or service as directors or officers (other than
liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature) and to advance
their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which
they could be indemnified. The form of such indemnification agreement has been
approved by the Company's stockholders.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  EXHIBITS.

         Exhibit
         Number                        Document
         -------      ------------------------------------------------

         5.1          Opinion of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., as to
                      the legality of securities being registered

         10.1         1996 Supplemental Stock Plan

         10.2(1)      Amended 1990 Incentive Stock Plan

         10.3(2)      1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

         10.4         1995 Director Option Plan

         23.1         Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Auditors

         23.2         Consent of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
                      (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)

         24.1         Power of Attorney (see page II-5)

-------------------

         (1)      Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibits
                  previously filed with Registrant's Report on Form 10-K filed
                  with the SEC on December 29, 1994.

         (2)      Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibits
                  previously filed with Registrant's Registration Statement on
                  Form S-1, No. 33-70700 filed with the SEC on February 19,
                  1993.

Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.

                                      II-2
5

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

(b)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be an initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-3
6

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized in the City of San Jose, State of California on February 28, 1997.

                                        SANMINA CORPORATION

                                        By:      /s/  RANDY FURR
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Randy Furr, President,
                                                 Chief Operating Officer and
                                                 Acting Chief Financial Officer

                                      II-4
7

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Randy Furr his attorney-in-fact with the
power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments
to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and as of the date indicated.
SIGNATURE                                   TITLE                              DATE
/s/ JURE SOLA                             Chairman, Chief Executive                   February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------       Officer and Director*
         Jure Sola                          Principal Executive Officer)

  /s/ RANDY FURR                            President, Chief Operating                  February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------       Officer and Acting Chief Financial
         Randy Furr                         Officer (Principal Financial and
                                            Accounting Officer)

  /s/ BERNARD VONDERSCHMITT                          Director*                          February 28, 1997
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         Bernard Vonderschmitt

  /s/  JOHN BOLGER                                   Director*                          February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------
         John Bolger

  /s/ NEIL BONKE                                     Director*                          February 28, 1997
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         Neil Bonke

  /s/ MARIO ROSATI                                   Director*                          February 28, 1997
-------------------------------------
         Mario Rosati
* The employee benefit plans being registered pursuant to this Registration
Statement are subject to administration by the Board of Directors of the
Registrant. Option grants under the 1995 Director Option Plan, however, are
automatic.

                                      II-5
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    EXHIBITS

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                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                               SANMINA CORPORATION
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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

         Exhibit
         Number                            Document
         -------      ---------------------------------------------------------
         5.1          Opinion of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., as to
                      the legality of securities being registered

         10.1         1996 Supplemental Stock Plan

         10.2(1)      Amended 1990 Incentive Stock Plan

         10.3(2)      1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

         10.4         1995 Director Option Plan

         23.1         Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Auditors

         23.2         Consent of Wilson, Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
                      (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)

         24.1         Power of Attorney (see page II-5)

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         (1)      Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibits
                  previously filed with Registrant's Report on Form 10-K filed
                  with the SEC on December 29, 1994.

         (2)      Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibits
                  previously filed with Registrant's Registration Statement on
                  Form S-1, No. 33-70700 filed with the SEC on February 19,
                  1993.