Description
ASM International is a Dutch company that provides deposition equipment for the fabrication of integrated circuits. It is the leader in atomic layer deposition, or ALD, a precise deposition technique that is required in the most advanced semiconductors. ASM’s main clients are foundries TSMC, Samsung, and Intel. Foundries and wafer fab equipment providers like ASM work closely, which gives the firm insight into the customer’s innovation and product road maps. Once a machine is established in a fab, it can generate service revenue for decades.
