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Company Headquarter: Taiwan Founded: 1981 Workforce: ~1,224 Company Working: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. manufactures semiconductor substrate materials. It produces and sells silicon wafers for semiconductor applications. The company’s product portfolio offers Epi wafers, polished wafers, etched wafers, ultra-thin wafers, and deep diffusion wafers. It also provides superiority, ingot, wafering, and epitaxial services. The company has several affiliated companies such as SunEdison Semiconductor, Topsil, GlobiTech, GlobaI Wafers Japan, and many more. It has a presence in Asia, North America, and Europe.

Company Headquarter: Germany Founded: 1995 Workforce: ~3,600 Company Working: Siltronic AG (Siltronic) operates as a manufacturer of hyperpure silicon wafers and chips with diameters of up to 300 mm. The company's wafers are manufactured from silicon monocrystals which are made either in a Czochralski crystal growing furnace or by using float-zone technology. Its products are used in key components of computers, flat-screens, navigation systems, and control systems for the automotive industry and many other applications. The company operates in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Company Headquarter: Japan Founded: 1926 Workforce: ~22,783 Company Working: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer and supplier of synthetic resins and other chemical products such as fertilizers. It also manufactures electronic materials such as semiconductor silicon, synthetic, and rare earth quartz. The company produces and sells substrates such as silicon on insulator (SOI) wafers and GaN on silicon wafers. The company has strong R&D capabilities that drive the growth of the organization. It operates both in Japan as well as overseas markets.

Company Headquarter: France Founded: 1992 Workforce: ~1,450 Company Working: Soitec SA is specialized in generating and manufacturing high-performance semiconductor materials. The company operates its business through two segments—electronics and others. The company’s electronics segment is engaged in the production and marketing of substrates and components for the microelectronics industry. The others segment comprises of lighting and equipment (Altatech) activities. The company’s product portfolio offers silicon on insulator (SOI), power SOI, radio frequency (RF) SOI, imager SOI, and stacking for RF. Its products are used to manufacture chips for tablets, smartphones, IT servers, computers, data centers, electronic components in connected devices, cars, and industrial and medical equipment. The company operates in Europe, the US, and Asia. Soitec is headquartered in Bernin, France.

Company Headquarter: Japan Founded: 1999 Workforce: ~8,142 Company Working: Sumco Corporation is a leading manufacturer of electronic-grade silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry. The company’s product portfolio has polished wafers, annealed wafers, epitaxial wafers, junction isolated wafers, and silicon-on-insulator wafers. Its products are used by companies worldwide to make integrated circuits and semiconductor devices that power a myriad of electronic products from computers to cell phones, and digital watches to automobile engine systems. These products are also used to produce solar batteries as well as ultra-high purity quartz used to produce vessels for the silicon manufacturing process. The company has its presence across the globe.

Company Headquarter: Austria Founded: 1981 Workforce: ~11,168 Company Working: ams AG is an Austria-based company that designs, manufactures, and develops sensors, sensor interfaces, power management, analog semiconductors, and wireless solutions. The company provides products that include power management integrated circuits, sensors, sensor interfaces, and wireless integrated circuits for customers in the consumer, industrial, medical, mobile communications, and automotive markets. The company operates through three segments, namely, consumer, non-consumer, and foundry. Moreover, the company provides wireless connectivity products, time-to-digital converters for high-precision time interval measurement, sensor interfaces, and analog and mixed signal applications. The company was formerly known as austriamicrosystems AG and changed its name to ams AG in May 2012.

Company Headquarter: Taiwan Founded: 1984 Workforce: ~68,000 Company Working: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. is a Taiwan-based company, that manufactures, designs, and sells semiconductor products. The company offers semiconductor testing, packaging, and electronic manufacturing services. The company operates through four segments, namely, testing, EMS, packaging, and estate. The company is also engaged in assembling, manufacturing, designing, and selling electronic components and telecommunications equipment and computer motherboards. Additionally, the company is also involved in the substrate production, as well as sale and leasing of real estate properties. The company is a subsidiary of ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.

Company Headquarter: Taiwan Founded: 1987 Workforce: ~48,600 Company Working: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (TSMC) engages in the manufacture and sale of integrated circuits and wafer semiconductor devices. The company offers a range of wafer fabrication processes including manufacturing of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, BiCMOS mixed-signal, and other semiconductors. Apart from this, the company also provides design, mask making, bumping, probing, assembly, and testing services. TSMC offers a range of CMOS image sensors, characterized by technology features including low dark current, high sensitivity, small pixel size, and high dynamic range achieved through integration with mixed mode processes. Its chips are used in personal computers and peripheral products, information applications, wired and wireless communications system products, and automotive and industrial equipment including consumer electronics such as digital video compact disc player, digital television, game consoles, and digital cameras. Geographically, the company caters to the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and other regions.

Company Headquarters: US Founded: 1988 Workforce: ~ 590 Company Working: Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets integrated circuits for communications, industrial/medical automotive, and digital consumer, and other applications. The company’s products include dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), mobile DRAM, wafer level memory solutions, static random-access memory, and flash. Additionally, the company also provides analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits that include audio amplifiers, LED drivers, voltage converters, HBLED drivers. The company operates in the US, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Europe.