KLAC - KLA-Tencor - Stock Forecast

Overview

KLA Corporation is a company that caters to semiconductor manufacturing and related electronics industries globally.

The company operates through four segments: Semiconductor Process Control, Specialty Semiconductor Process, PCB, Display and Component Inspection, and Other.

Formation

The Semiconductor Process Control segment offers integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing products that include:

• wafer inspection and review, metrology, wafer and substrate defect inspection and metrology, reticle defect inspection and metrology.
• Chemical/materials quality analysis, in situ process management, and wafer handling diagnostics for IC and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) manufacturing.

They also provide software products to provide run-time process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification.

The Specialty Semiconductor Process segment provides specialty semiconductor manufacturing:

• benchtop metrology, surface characterization, and electrical property measurement services for general purpose/laboratory applications.

The segment also offers etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry.

The PCB, Display and Component Inspection segment provides:

• Direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, additive printing, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the printed circuit board (PCB) market.

KLA also offers inspection and electrical testing systems to identify and classify defects, as well as systems to repair defects for the display market.

The Other segment offers inspection and metrology systems for quality control and yield improvement in advanced and traditional semiconductor packaging markets.

History

KLA Corporation was founded in 1975 and was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation before it changed its name in July 2019. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, California, and has a global presence in the semiconductor and related electronics industries.