KLA CORP

KLA Corporation

What the company does

KLA designs, manufactures, and sells equipment and services for the electronics industry. Its core offerings are process control and process-enabling solutions used across wafer, reticle/mask, chemical/material, integrated circuit, packaging, PCB, and IC substrate manufacturing. The company provides systems, software, and maintenance/services across the product lifecycle to maximize uptime, productivity, and tool life.

Business segments

• Semiconductor Process Control
• Specialty Semiconductor Process
• PCB and Component Inspection

Revenue and material mix

• Services represented approximately 23% of total revenues in fiscal 2026.
• International revenues were approximately 87% of total revenues in fiscal 2026 (89% in 2025 and 2024).
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) accounted for more than 10% of total revenues in fiscal years 2026, 2025, and 2024.

Backlog

• Backlog increased to $12.57 billion as of June 30, 2026 (up from $7.86 billion as of June 30, 2025).

Customers

• KLA serves a large, diversified base of semiconductor, semiconductor-related, and electronic device manufacturers worldwide.
• TSMC is the only customer disclosed as representing more than 10% of revenues for 2026, 2025, and 2024.

Employees and global footprint

• Approximately 17,000 regular full-time employees and about 200 part-time/temporary employees across 18 major regions.
• Regional mix: ~31% in the U.S., ~19% in Europe and the Middle East, ~50% in Asia.
• Functional mix: ~21% manufacturing, ~27% R&D, ~27% customer service, ~4% sales and marketing, ~21% other.
• Employee relations: no company-level labor union representation; works councils exist in Belgium and parts of Germany.

Locations and focus areas

• Manufacturing primarily in the U.S., Singapore, Israel, China, and various locations in Europe.
• R&D centers in the U.S., United Kingdom, India, China, Singapore, and Israel.
• Global sales and service presence with direct sales forces in Asia, the U.S., and Europe and offices worldwide.

Product and solution families

• Semiconductor Process Control

  • Chip manufacturing: defect inspection and review, metrology, chemical process control, in situ process management.
    • Defect inspection/review series: 39xx, R9xx, 29xx, C30x, eSixx, eSVx00, Voyager, Puma, Micro-SR, CIRCL, Castor, Surfscan, eDRX, eDR7xxx.
    • Metrology: Archer, ATL, Axion, SpectraShape, eM, SpectraFilm, PWG, Therma-Probe, OmniMap, MicroSense—capabilities for film thickness, pattern dimensions, layer-to-layer alignment, topology, and electrical properties.
    • Chemistry process control: QualiSurf, Quali-Line, Quanta, QualiLab Elite.
    • In situ process management: wired/wireless sensor solutions (SensArray family) and wafer/reticle diagnostics.
  • Wafer manufacturing: defect inspection/review, metrology, in situ process management across multiple substrate types.
  • Reticle manufacturing: defect inspection, metrology, in situ process management for optical and EUV reticles; includes Teron, X5.x, FlashScan, LMS IPRO.
  • Packaging manufacturing: wafer inspection and metrology, chemistry process control, in situ process management; products include Kronos, CIRCL-AP, Archer, PWG5 with XT, eDR7xxxAP, OmniMap RS-series, QualiSurf/QualiFillLibra.
  • Software solutions: centralized data analysis from inspection/metrology/process systems, run-time process control, defect classification, and yield learning. Products include Klarity, 5D Analyzer, OVALiS, aiSIGHT, Anchor, RDC, FabVision, ProDATA, PROLITH, ProETCH, I-PAT, SPOT. Patterning simulation supports EUV and multi-patterning.
  • General/HP and lab applications: HRP, Zeta, Tencor P-series, Nano Indenter G200X.

• Specialty Semiconductor Process

  • Advanced vacuum deposition and etching tools for MEMS, RF, power semiconductors, and related applications.
  • Examples: SPTS Omega, SPTS Sigma, SPTS Delta, SPTS Osprey, Primaxx, Xactix, SPTS Mosaic, MVD.

• PCB and Component Inspection

  • Orbotech/Serena lines for PCB and IC substrate inspection, optical shaping, inkjet/additive manufacturing, and related manufacturing/engineering solutions.
  • Product lines: Orbotech Corus, Infinitum, Nuvogo (Fine/Nuvogo), Orbotech Diamond, Lumina, Ultra Dimension/Fusion, Neos, Sprint, Magna, Frontline, Precise.

Services

• Maintenance and related services to maximize uptime, productivity, and tool life across the installed base.

Governance and risk management

• Cybersecurity risk management aligned with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, overseen by the Audit Committee of the Board.
• Ongoing investments in R&D, ESG initiatives, and global operations with formal risk oversight and governance.

Market positioning

KLA positions itself as a leading supplier of process-control, process-enabling, and yield-management technologies across wafers, reticles, packaging, MEMS, RF, power devices, PCBs, and related substrates. The company combines hardware systems, software analytics, and services to help customers improve yields, reduce waste, and accelerate development and production ramps in a capital-intensive, global semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem.