Form a nano (1/1 billion) meter-level electronic circuit pattern on a semiconductor wafer”exposure device” is”The most precise machine in human historyIt is called”, and the manufacturing processHeartBut it's there. Originally, the Japanese team occupied the global market share,Lags behind in developing highly profitable equipment for cutting-edge semiconductorsIt took, and now it's the Netherlands $ASML Holding(ASML.US)$ofWin aloneIt's in a state. ASML'sAdvanced equipment using extreme ultraviolet light (EUV)Is 120 billion yen to 50 billion yenIt is assumed. Meanwhile, Japanese players will be the main marketNon-advanced devicesIt ranges from hundreds of millions of yen to several billion yen per unit. But come hereTry to bounce back with revolutionary new technology and contrarian strategiesThe signs have also come into view.
Currently, ASML, Japan's three companies, Canon, and Nikon, have almost a monopoly on the global market share of exposure equipment. According to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, the world market share of ASML, which is the largest in terms of exposure equipment sales in '2262%Canon, which is in 2nd place31%Nikon is in 3rd place7%It has become. (Nihon Keizai Shimbun 23/11/7...