The Key Players in Global Nanolithography Equipment Market 2016-2020

Tuesday 19 July 2016, Amsterdam

The report, now available on ASDReports, recognizes the following companies as the key players in the global nanolithography equipment market: ASML, Canon U.S.A, Leica, Raith, and SUSS MicroTec.

Other Prominent Vendors in the market are: Rolith, Nanoink Optical Associates, Nanonics Imaging, JC Nabity Lithography Systems, and NIL Technology.

Commenting on the report, an analyst said: “The recent rise in number of fabless semiconductor companies will aid in the growth of this market during the forecast period. Semiconductor companies are going fabless to reduce overhead expenses in operations maintaining foundries. Semiconductor companies are focusing more on the design and development of their solutions. They outsource their fabrication and other foundry-related activities to companies that specialize in manufacturing, assembly, and testing of semiconductor ICs. This has resulted in 1:11 ratio of foundries and fabless companies in the global semiconductor market.”

According to the report, emergence of advanced consumer products will drive the growth of this market. The consumer electronics market has undergone massive transformation since 2010. Feature phones have been replaced by smartphones, PCs by laptops, and now laptops by tablets. Cathode ray tube (CRT) TVs are being replaced by light-emitting diode (LED) and smart TVs. Manufacturers and application developers are attempting to take this transition further by interconnecting all these household devices and creating a single unit called smart home, which can be controlled by applications installed on smartphones.

Further, the report states that one challenge negatively affecting this market is the rise in cost of lithography functions. The semiconductor industry is undergoing transitions in technology, because of the reducing node size, which is affecting the lithography process. Due to such changes, industries are adopting high-resolution techniques, leading to an increase in the cost of lithography. The double-patterning technique is one such technique that increases the litho cost per function and the overall cost of patterning.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.