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Photoresists, Japan

Kawasaki, Japan35.53°N 139.70°E

computed criticality33/100

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≈91% of advanced photoresists (Japanese producers)

2024

Fault line

The resists that transcribe the circuit pattern are almost exclusively Japanese (TOK, JSR, Shin-Etsu, Fujifilm). National concentration in a seismic zone.

Actors

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo

JSR

Shin-Etsu Chemical

Feeds 5

TSMC, HsinchuSilicon↗SK Hynix, IcheonHBM Memory↗Samsung, PyeongtaekHBM Memory↗Micron, TaichungHBM Memory↗CXMT, HefeiHBM Memory↗

Sources

SemiAnalysis, 2024 ↗estimate

Vision Times, 2025 ↗estimate

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