MKS makes market gains
Semiconductor systems growth driven by gains across vacuum subsystems portfolio
MKS Instruments, a maker of components for semiconductor fabrication systems, has announced significant market share gains across a number of product categories in 2020, as recently reported by VLSI, an independent research and analytics firm.
In a year when industry spending on semiconductor capital equipment was up 19 percent, revenue from MKS’ semiconductor market grew almost 50 percent, driven by significant share gains across its critical vacuum subsystems portfolio, led by RF power supplies and remote plasma solutions.
While MKS gained more than 2 percent of share in total Critical Subsystems, MKS delivered almost 10 percent of share gain in the RF Power Supplies segment, driven by multiyear investments in RF power technology for leading edge semiconductor processing.
In addition, MKS gained over 6 percent of share in Remote Plasma Sources, which are used traditional chamber cleaning and enable the most demanding on wafer deposition processes. MKS also gained share in other critical vacuum subsystems, such as Pressure Gauges and Valves.
“We are very pleased with our significant market share gains in 2020, which are a testament to our unique Surround the Chamber strategy, our operational excellence, and our deep commitment to innovation and accelerating customer roadmaps,” said John T.C. Lee, president and CEO of MKS. “Over the last five years, we have made sizeable and focused investments in our RF Power business, and this has culminated into key design wins that are fueling our market share gains. As a result, we are now essentially tied for the number one market share position for RF Power Supplies, according to the independent VLSI report.”
MKS Instruments' Surround the Chamber offering provides semiconductor customers with a range of products, design and development services, system level integration, training programs, calibration, service, and repair. This combination of products and services enables our customers to solve the challenges of ultra-thin layers, new materials and complex 3D structures while maintaining quality and productivity levels.
