KLA supplies semiconductor inspection, metrology and process-control equipment, including the Surfscan SP A2 system, to chip and wafer manufacturers.
The process-control (inspection and metrology) monopoly of the equipment layer, roughly 7.5 times its nearest competitor; benefits from rising process-control intensity in leading-edge logic, HBM and advanced packaging.
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KLA supplies semiconductor inspection, metrology and process-control equipment, including the Surfscan SP A2 system, to chip and wafer manufacturers. The process-control (inspection and metrology) monopoly of the equipment layer, roughly 7.5 times its nearest competitor; benefits from rising process-control intensity in leading-edge logic, HBM and advanced packaging.
KLA ranks 17 of 100 on the AI Infra 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 96 out of 100, in Deposition, etch & metrology (Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
Applied Materials (rank 11), Lasertec (rank 27), Lam Research (rank 32), ASM International (rank 41), Aixtron (rank 44), Tokyo Electron (rank 70).
KLA is based in Milpitas, California, United States.
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