In 2015, the global semiconductor process control equipment market was dominated by KLA-Tencor accounting for 48.49% of the global market in 2015. This is because most of the end-users (semiconductor device manufacturers) share a mutual understanding with KLA-Tencor and order new semiconductor process control equipment from it. In addition, it has the necessary resources to constantly update its production line to the latest technology requirements of the semiconductor industry.The major end-users for semiconductor process control equipment are foundries,
integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), and memory manufacturers. Foundries account for 62.35% of the global market, while memory manufactures and IDMs make up for the remaining 37.65% of the market. Memory manufactures account for a share of 23.75% and IDMs 13.9%. The number of IDMs has reduced drastically due to cost-saving efforts by semiconductor manufacturers, the majority of whom are migrating to the fabless model. Similarly, the memory manufacturing industry has also observed a lot of consolidation, leaving behind only a few. The
major end-users of semiconductor process control equipment are foundries.

PART 01: Executive summary 6
Highlights 6
PART 02: Scope of the report 8
Definition 8
Base year and forecast period 8
Market overview 8
Market size computation 8
Segmentation 9
Geographical segmentation 10
Vendor segmentation 11
Common currency conversion rates 12
Top-vendor offerings 13
PART 03: Market research methodology 16
Research methodology 16
Economic indicators 16
PART 04: Introduction 17
Key market highlights 17
PART 05: Market landscape 19
Market overview 19
Process diagnostics in semiconductor industry 22
Market size and forecast 24
PART 06: Five forces analysis 26
PART 07: Market segmentation by type 27
Semiconductor inspection systems in global
semiconductor process control equipment market 28
Semiconductor metrology systems in global
semiconductor process control equipment market 33
Process control software in global semiconductor
process control equipment market 35
PART 08: Market segmentation by end-user 37
Global semiconductor process control equipment market
by end-user 37
Foundries 39
Memory manufacturers 40
IDMs 41
PART 09: Geographical segmentation 43
Regional share in semiconductor process control
equipment market 43
APAC 44
Americas 46
EMEA 47
PART 10: Market drivers 49
Increasing demand for semiconductor wafers 49
Reduction in production costs 50
Rise in number of foundries 50
Growth of SoCs 51
Need for miniaturized electronic devices of high
precision 52
PART 11: Impact of drivers 54
PART 12: Market challenges 55
High inventory levels in supply chain 55
Dependency on a few key suppliers 56
Limited number of customers 56
Uncertain global economic conditions 57
High initial capital investments 57
PART 13: Impact of drivers and challenges 59
PART 14: Market trends 60
Constant decrease in lithography wavelength 60
Advent of IoT and connected devices 60
Growing acceptance of wearable devices 61
Increase in wafer size 62
PART 15: Vendor landscape 64
Competitive landscape 64
Market share analysis 64
Key vendor mapping 66
Key vendors in global semiconductor process control
equipment market 68
Other prominent vendors 73
PART 16: Appendix 78
List of abbreviations 78
PART 17: Explore Technavio 79