Carl Zeiss SMT
Carl Zeiss SMT is a monopoly in the Equipment (Front End) segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in Oberkochen, DE. Its key suppliers include AGC Inc.. Its key customers include ASML, TSMC, Samsung Electronics.
Sole maker of the precision optics inside every ASML lithography system.
- Headquarters
- Oberkochen, DE
- Founded
- 2001
- Market position
- monopoly
- Value-chain segment
- Lithography
- Key products
- EUV/DUV optics
About Carl Zeiss SMT
Carl Zeiss SMT, headquartered in Germany, operates in the Lithography segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market monopoly there. Its key products include EUV/DUV optics. wafergraph maps 1 tracked supplier and 8 tracked customers for Carl Zeiss SMT across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 100/100, with 245 companies downstream of it.
Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH comprises the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology business group of ZEISS and develops and produces equipment for the manufacture of microchips. The company is majority owned by Carl Zeiss AG, with a 24.9% minority stake by ASML Holding.
Key products
- EUV/DUV optics