Applied Materials Widens Lead in Semiconductor Equipment Market Says The Information Network
NEW TRIPOLI, Pa., Jul 19, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT chart, msgs) has continued to strengthen its dominance of the semiconductor equipment market, according to the report Applied Materials: Competing For World Dominance, recently published by The Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research company.
"Of the 13 equipment sectors analyzed in the report, only KLA-Tencor (Nasdaq: KLAC chart, msgs) in the Reticle Inspection and Wafer Defect Inspection sectors and Hitachi (NYSE: HIT chart, msgs) in the CD-SEM sector led their markets, while in the Dry Etch sector, Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX chart, msgs) held it own against Applied Materials", noted Dr. Robert N. Castellano, President of The Information Network. "The rash of 24 new 300mm fab construction announcements should enhance Applied's market shares in 2000 and 2001, stemming from its practically `one-stop shopping' suite of tools enabled for 300mm production."
Applied in 1999 led the PVD sector with an 85.7% share, the dielectric CVD sector with a 70.5% share, the metal CVD sector with a 70.9% share, the Dry Etch sector with a 38.8% share, the High-current Implant sector with a 41.2%, the RTP sector with a 38.8% share, the Silicon Epitaxy sector with a 50.0% share, the CMP sector with a 63.6% share, and the Auto Defect Inspection sector with a 55.5% share.
Etec, now an Applied Materials company led the Mask Making sector with a 58.6% share.
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