Wafer fabrication equipment
Wafer fabrication equipment is equipment that is used in the process of semiconductor fabrication to process raw semiconductor wafers into finished chips, such as integrated circuits.[1]
Wafer fabrication equipment is meant to be installed in cleanrooms.
Types
[edit]Market
[edit]Referred to respectively as the wafer fab equipment [2] or wafer front end [3] (equipment) market, both using the acronym WFE, the market is that of the manufacturers of the machines which in turn manufacture semiconductors. The apexresearch link in 2020 identified Applied Materials, ASML, KLA-Tencor, Lam Research, TEL and Dainippon Screen Manufacturing as market participants[2] while the 2019 electronicsweekly.com report, citing The Information Network's president Robert Castellano, focused on the respective market shares commanded by the two leaders, Applied Materials and ASML.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Introduction to Wafer Fabrication Equipment". Chip History. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ a b apexresearch, "Global Wafer Fab Equipment (WFE) Market Insights 2019-2025" njmmanews.com, January 30, 2020. Sample apexresearch report (PDF). "Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead" on the njmmanews.com link to the "Jesus Martinez fills in against Nah-Shon Burrell at Bellator 108" citation in the Nah-Shon Burrell Wikipedia article; no warning on the other links to the njmmanews.com site here in the "Wafer fabrication" Wikipedia article. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ a b Manners, David, "Applied to lose front-end equipment crown to ASML", electronicsweekly.com, 26 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-29.