KLA builds advanced process control and yield management equipment and services for semiconductor, packaging, PCB, and flat panel display manufacturing.
KLA develops equipment and services for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, focused on advanced process control and yield management. Its systems support manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards, and flat panel displays, and are used to help chipmakers ramp next-generation devices to volume production. The company states that virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using KLA's technologies.
Technical work spans advanced process control, yield management, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, wafer and reticle manufacturing, integrated circuit manufacturing, packaging, printed circuit board manufacturing, flat panel display manufacturing, and data science. Teams are multidisciplinary, combining physicists, engineers, and data scientists, and the company collaborates with leading technology providers on problems in semiconductor process and production.
KLA employs over 15,000 people across more than a dozen regions and reinvests 15% of sales into R&D. Its equipment serves end markets including smartphones, laptops, wearables, autonomous vehicles, and other advanced electronics.
