Semiconductor Process Control

KLA Corporation

KLA Corporation, headquartered in Milpitas, California, is the global leader in process control and yield management equipment for semiconductor fabrication, enabling chipmakers to detect defects and measure critical dimensions during wafer manufacturing. Its inspection, metrology, and patterning solutions are deployed at every node in the integrated circuit supply chain, from R&D pilot lines at universities to high-volume production at leading foundries. KLA partners extensively with the semiconductor research community through the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), IMEC, and bilateral agreements with materials science and electrical-engineering departments. The company funds academic chairs in nanofabrication and co-publishes on advanced EUV lithography, 3D NAND integration, and atomic-layer deposition characterisation. KLA tools are standard equipment in university nanofabrication centres globally.