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22 companies
| AI layer | Listing | |||||
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| Advantest アドバンテスト A Japanese supplier of automatic test equipment used to test logic and memory semiconductors, critical for qualifying AI accelerators and high-performance memory. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | TSE: 6857 (Prime Market) | 1,128.610 billion yen | #4 |
| Tokyo Electron 東京エレクトロン A Japanese semiconductor-production-equipment company supplying the critical wafer-fab and advanced-packaging tools used by memory and logic manufacturers to build AI accelerators and high-bandwidth memory. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | TSE: 8035 (Prime Market) | 2,443.5 billion yen | #6 |
| Hanmi Semiconductor 한미반도체 A South Korean semiconductor-equipment maker dominating the market for thermal-compression bonders used to stack high-bandwidth memory for AI accelerators. | South Korea | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | KRX: 042700 (KOSPI) | 576.68 billion Korean won | #12 |
| DISCO ディスコ A Japanese supplier of precision-processing equipment and consumable tools used to cut, grind, and polish semiconductor wafers for advanced packaging and AI hardware. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | TSE: 6146 (Prime Market) | 436.889 billion yen | #14 |
| Shin-Etsu Chemical 信越化学 A leading Japanese semiconductor-materials supplier, providing the 300 mm silicon wafers, photoresists, and specialty chemicals essential for fabricating advanced AI chips. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | TSE: 4063 (Prime Market) | 2.574 trillion yen | #17 |
| Ibiden イビデン Ibiden manufactures high-performance IC package substrates that connect advanced AI accelerators, server processors, and data-center switching chips to system boards. | Japan | Electronic Components | Silicon & Foundry, AI Server Hardware | TSE: 4062 (Prime Market) | Japanese yen 416.201 billion | #21 |
| Hitachi 日立 A diversified Japanese industrial and digital group supplying critical power-grid infrastructure for AI data centres, semiconductor manufacturing tools, and enterprise AI software services. | Japan | Industrial Automation & Robotics | Power & Infrastructure, Equipment & Materials, Enterprise Applications | TSE: 6501 (Prime Market) | US$70.1B | #26 |
| SCREEN Holdings SCREENホールディングス A Japanese semiconductor equipment manufacturer specializing in wafer-cleaning systems critical for advanced logic, memory, and AI packaging. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | TSE: 7735 (Prime Market) | 605.748 billion yen | #29 |
| Tokyo Ohka Kogyo 東京応化 A Japanese specialty-materials producer supplying the semiconductor photoresists, high-purity chemicals, and advanced-packaging materials essential for manufacturing AI accelerators and memory. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | TSE: 4186 (Prime Market) | 237.029 billion yen | #30 |
| NAURA 北方华创 Mainland China's largest listed semiconductor-equipment producer, supplying the etch, deposition, and thermal tools that underpin domestic AI chip manufacturing. | China | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | SZSE: 002371 (A shares) | RMB39.353 billion | #34 |
| Resonac レゾナック A Japanese advanced-materials supplier providing the epoxy molding compounds, die-bonding materials, and thermal interface materials required for advanced semiconductor packaging. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, AI Server Hardware | TSE: 4004 (Prime Market) | 1.347 trillion yen | #49 |
| AMEC 中微公司 A Shanghai-based manufacturer of semiconductor production equipment, supplying the plasma etch and deposition tools required to fabricate advanced logic and memory chips. | China | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | SSE: 688012 (STAR Market) | RMB12.385 billion | #56 |
| SUMCO SUMCO A leading Japanese manufacturer of high-purity silicon wafers, providing the foundational 300 mm substrates required for advanced AI logic and memory chips. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | TSE: 3436 (Prime Market) | 409.6 billion yen | #60 |
| Kyocera 京セラ A diversified Japanese components manufacturer supplying the ceramic packages, semiconductor-equipment components, capacitors, and connectors that enable advanced chip fabrication and high-speed AI data-center networking. | Japan | Electronic Components | Equipment & Materials, AI Server Hardware | TSE: 6971 (Prime Market) | 2,070,203 million Japanese… | #64 |
| Canon キヤノン A diversified Japanese imaging and precision-equipment manufacturer that supplies advanced back-end lithography systems used in AI semiconductor packaging and network cameras for edge-video analytics. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Edge AI & Devices | TSE: 7751 (Prime Market) | US$29.5B | #65 |
| Keyence キーエンス A leading supplier of factory-automation sensors, machine vision, and inspection equipment that helps manufacturers build AI hardware and deploy automated industrial workflows. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Edge AI & Devices | TSE: 6861 (Prime Market) | 1.169 trillion yen | #69 |
| Hamamatsu Photonics 浜松ホトニクス A specialized Japanese photonics manufacturer supplying optical sensors, light sources, and inspection systems used in semiconductor fabrication and testing. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | TSE: 6965 (Prime Market) | 212,051 million Japanese yen | #71 |
| Kawasaki Heavy Industries 川崎重工 A diversified Japanese industrial group integrating physical AI into industrial robotics, semiconductor-manufacturing equipment, and edge-AI maintenance systems. | Japan | Industrial Automation & Robotics | Equipment & Materials, Power & Infrastructure, Edge AI & Devices | TSE: 7012 (Prime Market) | 2,311.267 billion yen | #83 |
| Nikon ニコン A Japanese precision-optics and equipment group supplying the lithography and inspection systems required for semiconductor fabrication and advanced packaging. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials | TSE: 7731 (Prime Market) | 677.163 billion yen | #105 |
| Siasun 新松 A Chinese industrial robotics and automation company supplying factory systems and semiconductor wafer-handling equipment to domestic manufacturers. | China | Industrial Automation & Robotics | Equipment & Materials, Enterprise Applications, Edge AI & Devices | SZSE: 300024 (ChiNext) | 4.122 billion Chinese yuan | #114 |
| Tokuyama トクヤマ Tokuyama is a diversified Japanese chemical manufacturer supplying high-purity polycrystalline silicon and fumed silica, serving as an upstream materials provider to the semiconductor industry. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials | TSE: 4043 (Prime Market) | 349.476 billion yen | #120 |
| JSR JSR A supplier of advanced photoresists and semiconductor manufacturing materials critical for fabricating the leading-edge logic and memory chips used in AI systems. | Japan | Equipment & Materials | Equipment & Materials, Silicon & Foundry | Unlisted subsidiary | 405.0 billion yen | — |
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