KLA Corporation is a semiconductor equipment company. It designs, produces, and distributes yield management and process control systems applicable in semiconductor manufacturing and nanoelectronics-related industries. The company was founded in 1975 as KLA-Tencor Corporation and was renamed in 2019. Its headquarters are in Milpitas, California. The company operates globally with locations in China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and the US.
The company's products are grouped under Chip Manufacturing, Substrate Manufacturing, Reticle Manufacturing, Packaging Manufacturing, Compound Semi / MEMS / HDD Manufacturing, and Instruments. The Chip and Substrate Manufacturing product families create systems to facilitate different aspects of chip and wafer manufacturing: defect inspection and review, metrology, data analytics, process development, and production monitoring, and product quality checks. The Reticle Manufacturing segment develops systems for defect inspection, pattern registration metrology, temperature measurement, and data analysis in the production of reticles. The Packaging Manufacturing product family creates systems for packaging inspection, die sorting, data analysis, and other processes related to the production of electronic casings for semiconductor dies. The Compound Semi / MEMS / HDD Manufacturing segment produces metrology, inspection, and data analysis systems for application in the manufacture of power and LED devices and other related technologies. Equipment and devices complementing these systems fall under the Instruments product group.
KLA Corporation trades on the NASDAQ using the ticker KLAC.
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