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Area selective deposition

Annual industry coordination point for BEOL deposition tooling, financed by Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, Applied Materials, attended by GlobalFoundries.

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The call, a draftTokyo Electron, Lam Research and Applied Materials fund an annual area selective deposition workshop that GlobalFoundries attends, and it has become where fab vendors scout back-end deposition startups. Interest is rising and the window is early.

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Fig. 1The balance. Drivers and catalysts against restraints, each block sized by its weight; catalysts hang dashed because they have not happened yet, sized by their odds. It tips toward the drivers.
  1. D1Tokyo Electron, Lam Research and Applied Materials have financed an annual workshop circuit on area selective deposition since 2024.
  2. D2GlobalFoundries attends, so a foundry buyer sees new tools alongside the incumbents.
  3. D3The workshop has become the main scouting venue for second-tier back-end deposition tool startups.
  4. R1No market size, tool order or production use of area selective deposition is recorded yet.
  5. R2Scouting is interest only, and a selective step still has to be qualified in a fab flow before it earns revenue.
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