SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT MARKET ANALYSIS

Semiconductor Equipment Market, By Product Type (Semiconductor Front-end Equipment and Semiconductor Back-end Equipment), By Application (Discrete Semiconductor, Optoelectronic Device, Sensors, Integrated Circuits), By Equipment (Wafer Processing, Assembly & Packaging, Testing Equipment), By End-use Industry (PCs, Mobile Handsets, Televisions Assembly & Packaging), By Geography (North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa)

Key Developments:

In April 2023, Applied Materials, Inc. is a global leader in providing materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, display, and related industries. introduced VeritySEM 10, a new tool for measuring semiconductor features with high precision. It is designed to accurately gauge dimensions of device elements made using advanced lithography technologies like EUV and High-NA EUV.
In March 2023, CREEN PE Solutions Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., launched the Ledia 7F-L direct imaging system. This upgraded version is designed to meet the increasing demand for accurate pattern creation on large substrates and metal masks, mainly in telecommunications and IoT infrastructure sectors.
In June 2022, Applied Materials Inc. acquired a Finland-based semiconductor equipment company named Picosun Oy. Picosun specializes in atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology, especially for special types of semiconductors. In May 2021, KLA Corporation acquired Anchor Semiconductor, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor inspection equipment, for US$ 67.5 million.
In February 2022, Murata's pSemi Corporation, a company that is known for semiconductor integration, expanded its portfolio of 5G network infrastructure. It introduced new components compatible with various frequency bands (n257, n258, and n260) used in 5G, including three beamforming ICs and two up-down converters.