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CMP materials market worth $1.1 Billion in 2005 |
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Apr 21, 2006 at 12:57 PM |
 A new market research report by Linx Consulting puts the CMP consumables market at $1.1 billion US dollars in 2005, which combines CMP slurries, pads as well as cleaners and conditioners. CMP slurries and pads, the major consumables related the CMP processes reached revenues of $975 million US dollars in 2005.
According to the market research firm, 2005 was a record year for the sector as more chip manufacturers migrated to copper interconnects and devices continued to increase the number of layers used and therefore the number of CMP steps increased.
"Projecting forward, we see the market for slurries and pads utilized in CMP reaching almost $1.8 billion in 2009," according to Mark Thirsk, Managing Partner at Linx Consulting. "Clearly, copper will drive CMP consumables for the 65 and 45 nm technology nodes...we have developed detailed forecast models that examine CMP operations by device type, including DRAM, Flash, and various logic applications. For each device category we then further examine the number of CMP operations as they pertain to copper, barrier, tungsten, oxide, STI, and polysilicon polishing applications. For the first time this provides a very clear picture on where the CMP market is headed," said Thirsk.
Linx Consulting sees the number of CMP operations increasing at about a 15% compound annual growth rate over the next four years. This year growth will be underpinned by the production at the 130 nm node and continued growth of the 90 nm, whereas in 2008 and 2009 growth will be driven by the ramp of 65 nm device technology. 90 and 130 nm technology will continue to be CMP consumables demand drivers for several years, however.
"Suppliers who have succeeded at 130 and 90 nm processes will continue to realize strong revenues throughout the forecast period," according to Mike Corbett, Managing Partner at Linx Consulting. "Market leaders such as Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials with 41% market share, and Cabot Microelectronics, with 28% market share are the largest suppliers in the Pad and Slurry market."
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