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Applied Materials loses market share to equipment rivals

Applied Materials loses market share to equipment rivals

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By Peter Clarke



ASML, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and KLA-Tencor all gained market share while Applied Materials went from holding 28.8 percent of the market in 2016 to 27.0 percent of the market in 2017.

Large gains were made by Tokyo Electron (2.1 percent) and Lam Research (1.5 percent) while top supplier Applied Materials dropped. This is based on market shares for equipment only, and excludes service and spare parts revenues.

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In third place ASML gained 0.6 share points, growing from an 18.8% share in 2016 to a 19.4% share in 2017. Fifth place KLA-Tencor is the dominant supplier in the process control sector (inspection and metrology) and competes against Applied Materials and Hitachi High-Technologies, as well as several other companies including Nanometrics, Nova Measuring Instruments, and Rudolph Technology. KLA-Tencor gained market share against each of its competitors in this sector in 2017.

Much of the equipment revenue growth was attributed to strong growth in the DRAM and NAND sectors. The memory sector is expected to have grown 60.1 percent in 2017 with another 9.3 percent growth to come in 2018, according to industry consortium World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS).

Following the strong growth in the semiconductor equipment market, The Information Network projects another 11 percent growth in 2018.

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