2010 fabricated silicon OEM parts up 200% year on year
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The 2010 market for fabricated silicon OEM parts for semiconductor and led manufacturing equipment totalled $310million, according to market analyst, Techcet Group.
The report, Silicon Fabricated Parts for Semiconductor and LED Applications 2011 notes that this is up 200% on the 2009 low and predicts continuing recovery – with an additional 10 to 15% growth in 2011. Techcet forecasts approximately $412m for 2014.
Techcet says that two thirds of the 2010 revenues were generated by direct sales from silicon fabricators to end users, with the remaining third coming from OEMs. Sales to led applications comprise more than 20% of the total, primarily for metal organic chemical vapour deposition equipment. The report states that Lam, TEL and Applied Materials equipment drives over 85% of the semiconductor silicon parts, while Aixtron and Veeco drive more than 95% of the led market.
Silicon parts are favoured for tool components that contact the wafer, to minimise particle contamination issues resulting from thermal expansion mismatch.
