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Lam Research Raises 2026 WFE Outlook and New ALD Tooling Released (July 2026)
Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Market 2025 to 2032: Equipment Supercycle, Semiconductor Demand and Geopolitical Supply Constraints →What Changed
Lam Research raised its 2026 WFE outlook on July 22, citing strong growth in advanced packaging revenue (>50%) driven by shifts like backside power delivery. Additionally, Forge Nano released its TEPHRA 200mm single-wafer ALD cluster platform to capture specialty semiconductor and R&D demand. Key vendors are expanding deposition capabilities to meet sub-3nm logic and high-density 3D memory requirements.
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Evaluate next-generation cluster platforms for specialty nodes
New commercial ALD platform releases offer improved atomic-scale uniformity for R&D and specialized device fabrication.