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TSMC is among the foundries structurally dependent on Applied Materials for etch and deposition equipment
Industry analysis identifies Applied Materials as one of a small set of dominant suppliers (alongside ASML, Lam Research, Tokyo Electron and KLA) of front-end wafer fabrication equipment on which foundries including TSMC, Samsung and Intel are highly dependent for etching, deposition and cleaning processes in advanced-node manufacturing.
- Type
- Research
- Confidence
- 64/100
- Filed under
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
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InsightNodes, "TSMC is among the foundries structurally dependent on Applied Materials for etch and deposition equipment" (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). Source: PatentPC (semiconductor equipment industry analysis), https://patentpc.com/blog/top-chip-making-equipment-companies-asml-applied-materials-and-lam-research-market-data. https://insightnodes.com/claims/e/tsmc-applied-materials-etch-deposition-dependency-2026 (accessed October 30, 2026).
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