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KLA, Milpitas
Milpitas (Californie), United States37.43°N 121.91°W
computed criticality18/100
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≈55–60% of process control; >80% of reticle inspection
2024Fault line
Measuring and inspecting every wafer at the atomic scale is a near-monopoly: KLA is said to hold ≈55–60% of the process-control market, and more than 80% of reticle inspection. Without these machines, advanced-node yields collapse. Applied Materials, a distant second, is no redundancy at scale.
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KLA Corporation (Milpitas)
Applied Materials (Santa Clara)
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