
Leading foundry, TSMC has recently placed a batch of accumulated purchase orders with two metrology tool specialists, KLA-Tencor and FEI. A regular recipient, KLA-Tencor received orders worth approximately US$30.9 million from mid-July through to mid-August.
FEI, known for its advanced TEM & SEM R&D systems has received accumulated purchase orders from TSMC valued at approximately US$18.4 million over the course of July through August.