High value
Reference only. This page lists high-capex, high-value technology and websites. It is not the focus of this site: the Philippines has no wafer fabrication today, so none of these systems is a local low-capex entry point. The focus is on the Floor Plan. Source ratings use the same A to D scale as the Floor Plan, plus N for not verified in this pass.
Spotlight: ASML
asml.com/en/technology Apage opened and read on 2026-10-25
The page introduces lithography, "using light to print tiny patterns on silicon", as a fundamental step in mass producing microchips. Its menu lists these product areas:
- EUV lithography (extreme ultraviolet)
- DUV lithography (deep ultraviolet)
- Refurbished systems
- Metrology and inspection
- Computational lithography
The technology page also links to explainers on how microchips are made, Moore's Law, the principles of lithography (the Rayleigh criterion, light and lasers, lenses and mirrors, mechanics and mechatronics, measuring accuracy, pushing k1 further), software, and articles including "5 things you should know about High NA EUV lithography", "How immersion lithography saved Moore's Law" and "Making EUV: from lab to fab".
What the page does not say. I searched the page text and found no mention of AI, artificial intelligence, machine learning, prices or the Philippines (content that loads after the page opens was not checked). A claim that these tools are "AI-assisted" is not supported by this page. The product names above are the only product facts taken from it.
Why it is on this site. ASML sits at the front-end of chip making, which is what the Philippines lacks. SEIPI names wafer fabrication as the missing link and is working with DOST on a lab-scale wafer fab project (see the Floor Plan page). Local firms mostly do assembly, test and packaging. So ASML is a reference for where the high-capex end of the chain lives, not a supplier for the flows on the Floor Plan.
Spotlight: KLA
kla.com/company Apage opened and read on 2026-10-25
The page describes KLA as "a global technology leader" and says it provides "advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions and data analytics for manufacturing semiconductors and related technologies". It says KLA drives innovation across industries influenced by advancing electronics "including automotive, mobile and data center". Its business snapshot as of 31 December 2025, as KLA reports it:
- US$ 12.74 billion calendar-2025 revenue
- US$ 1.44 billion calendar-2025 research and development
- About 16,000 employees in 18 regions
The product areas listed for chip and wafer manufacturing are defect inspection and review, metrology, in situ process management, chemistry process control, deposition and etch. The page also lists these technology trends, each with a one-line claim about KLA's solutions: artificial intelligence, advanced packaging, automotive, Internet of Things and 5G. It dates its history to "our groundbreaking mask inspection tool in 1975" and has a headline marking 50 years of innovation.
What the page does and does not say. Unlike the ASML page, it does mention AI: it says its solutions "use AI to accelerate production of the very ICs that will power the next generation of AI innovation". That is KLA's own marketing claim and was not independently checked. I searched the page text and found no mention of the Philippines or prices (content that loads after the page opens was not checked).
Why it is on this site. KLA works on the inspection and measurement side of chip making, the high-capex counterpart of the failure-analysis and inspection stations on the Floor Plan (X-ray, compact SEM, Raman, optical inspection). Its trend list also overlaps the core flows here: Internet of Things, automotive and advanced packaging. The page names no Philippine presence, so treat it as a reference for where the high-value end of inspection and metrology sits, not as a local supplier.
Large Philippine back-end companies
Category: large company, high capex. These six are named in a short video, "Major Semiconductor Companies in the Philippines" (channel PinoyJobs101, published 26 March 2024: youtube.com/watch?v=DXuL1xnilEM). Every one is back-end chip assembly, test and packaging or contract electronics manufacturing, which needs heavy equipment and volume. They are reference for who the local industry is, not low-capex entry points; the Floor Plan leaves this work out for that reason.
What the video says. It is a brief generic narration with no cited source. It gives founding years, locations and what each company does, and no revenue, margin, capex, customer-count or staff figures. The company details below come from its auto-generated captions (rated C). I read the six websites' status only (they loaded); I did not read their pages, so what each firm makes is the video's claim.
| Company | What the video says | Website | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SFA Semicon Philippines Corp | Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga. Set up 2010, operating from February 2011, under the South Korean SFA group. Assembles and tests memory chips, from wafer back grinding to final test; described as a supplier to Samsung Korea. | www.sfasemicon.com | Cvideo captions only |
| Integrated Microelectronics Inc. (IMI) | Established 1980, head office in Laguna. Electronics manufacturing services plus power-semiconductor assembly and test, for automotive, industrial, medical, solar, telecom, storage and consumer markets. | www.global-imi.com The video context gave imicorp.com; it loads a page with no title and was not confirmed as IMI, so global-imi.com is used. | Cvideo captions only |
| Ctec Holdings Philippines Corp | Founded 2011, head office in Laguna. Holding company for two subsidiaries; turnkey package design, wafer probing, back grinding, assembly and packaging, and final test. | No website confirmed. A guessed domain redirected to Amkor, so it was not used. | Nnot found |
| Ionics Inc. | Established 1982, head office in Laguna. Contract electronics maker of printed circuit boards, communication boards and chip-on-board; six plants, mainly Cabuyao and Calamba. | ionicsgroup.com is not linked: its home page contains casino spam text and may be compromised (checked 2026-10-25). Find the company by name. | Cvideo captions only |
| Amkor Technology Philippines | Assembly and test (ball-grid-array, flip chip, system-in-package, wafer probe, burn-in) with plants in Muntinlupa and Laguna. The captions spell it "Anor"; reading it as Amkor is my inference. | amkor.com | Cvideo captions only |
| Tarlac semiconductor maker (name unclear) | Head office in Tarlac, described only as a semiconductor manufacturer. The company name is garbled in the auto-captions and could not be identified. | No website: company not identified. | Nnot found |
The large or high-capex label is my judgement from the type of work, not something the video states. Amkor and IMI are large groups; SFA Semicon is the Philippine arm of a larger Korean group.
Companies that make their own products
Question asked: is there a high-value product producer, not a contract assembler? No Philippine firm was confirmed at the top rating. The video's six are all contract services as far as could be confirmed. The nearest are foreign chip makers with Philippine plants, which are high capex and mostly assembly and test there, and one small local device designer. Treat this table as leads to verify, not a ranking.
Video companies checked. IMI's site (global-imi.com) lists electronics manufacturing services, plastic injection, precision machining and test, and names no own-brand products; a secondary source says IMI owns stakes in VIA Optronics and PSi Technologies, which I did not confirm. Ionics lists contract electronics, injection-moulded parts and a venture arm, with no branded products. Amkor describes itself as "Semiconductor Packaging & Test Services". SFA Semicon's site blocked the reader, so it is unconfirmed beyond the video. Ctec Holdings could not be confirmed; search snippets tie its description to Cirtek, so it may be the same company under another name (unverified).
| Company | What it makes | Website | Capex | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packetworx Inc. | Designs its own low-power LoRaWAN devices (packetSERIES) and sells LoRaWAN connectivity. Pasig City. Fabless design, so low capex. Where the devices are built is not confirmed. | packetworx.com | Low capex | Bpage read once |
| Cirtek Electronics (Cirtek Holdings) | Its site says it designs and manufactures semiconductor devices; it names no products. A search summary lists ICs, sensors and protection devices plus subcontract services, so it is a mix of own product and service. Binan, Laguna. | cirtekholdings.com | Mid to large capex | Cproduct list not confirmed |
| Allegro MicroSystems | Own-brand Hall-effect sensor ICs, motor drivers and power ICs (manufacturer page). A secondary summary of the SEIPI directory puts a Philippine unit in Paranaque doing assembly and test; its own site does not mention it. | allegromicro.com | High capex | BPhilippine role unconfirmed |
| Analog Devices, General Trias | Own-brand precision analog chips; the Cavite site manufactures, assembles and tests. News reports give about 5,252 staff and about US$394 million exports in 2022, and a US$200 million R&D facility announced May 2023 (not confirmed as opened). | No page opened | High capex | Cnews only |
| Texas Instruments, Baguio and Clark | Own-brand analog chips; the Philippine plants are assembly and test. A news article reports a US$1 billion expansion plan (date and status not confirmed). | ti.com | High capex | Cnews only |
Not confirmed: onsemi Carmona, Moog Baguio and Emcore (no Philippine source found), Kaertech and DeviceDesign Philippines (own brand not shown). Next source to try: the SEIPI members catalogue on seipi.org.ph.
High-value websites
| Website | What it is | Address | Check | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASML | Lithography systems supplier. Home page title: "The world's supplier to the semiconductor industry". | www.asml.com/en | Reached (HTTP 200); technology page read | Apage read |
| Applied Materials | Chip-making equipment maker (title: "Applied Materials"; product scope from general knowledge). | www.appliedmaterials.com/ | Reached (HTTP 200) | Nhomepage title only |
| Lam Research | Chip-making equipment maker (title: "Home | Lam Research"; product scope from general knowledge). | www.lamresearch.com/ | Reached (HTTP 200) | Nhomepage title only |
| KLA | Inspection, metrology, process solutions and data analytics for chip making (company page). Home page title: "Leaders in Process Control & Yield Management". | www.kla.com/company | Reached (HTTP 200); company page read | Apage read |
| Tokyo Electron | Chip-making equipment maker (title: "Tokyo Electron Ltd."; product scope from general knowledge). | www.tel.com/ | Reached (HTTP 200) | Nhomepage title only |
| TSMC | Contract chip manufacturer (general knowledge). | www.tsmc.com/english | Blocked by a bot check; address not opened | Nhomepage title only |
| SEMI | Industry association for the electronics supply chain. Home page title: "Fostering Global Collaboration in the Semiconductor Industry". Source of equipment-market forecasts. | www.semi.org/en | Reached (HTTP 200) | Nhomepage title only |
| SEMICON Southeast Asia | Regional trade show of SEMI (general knowledge). | www.semiconsea.org/ | Blocked by a bot check; address not opened | Nhomepage title only |
| SEIPI | Philippine industry body and organiser of PSECE 2026 (26 to 28 October, SMX Manila). The local anchor for demand data. | www.seipi.org.ph/ | Reached (HTTP 200); export report read | Bpage read |
High-capex, high-value products in demand worldwide
Equipment spending forecast by SEMI (mid-year 2026), reported by trade press. These are global figures, not Philippine. The main drivers named are high-bandwidth memory, advanced logic and advanced packaging for AI.
| Product area | 2026 forecast | Leading companies listed here | Relevance to the Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|
| All chip-making equipment | US$ 165.9 billion, +23.2% on 2025; US$ 229.5 billion by 2028 | ASML, Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, Tokyo Electron | Not applicable to a low-capex start; shows where the money is |
| Wafer fab equipment (front end) | US$ 143.9 billion, +23.1%; foundry and logic US$ 78.0 billion, +18.9% | ASML (lithography), Applied Materials and Lam (deposition and etch, general knowledge), KLA (inspection) | No local wafer fab; a lab-scale one is being discussed |
| Test equipment | US$ 15.3 billion, +31.0% | Not named in these sources | Most relevant: the Philippines is strong in assembly and test. Fixtures, sockets, calibration and failure analysis sit next to this |
| Assembly and packaging equipment | US$ 6.7 billion, +9.6%; US$ 8.6 billion by 2028 | Not named in these sources | Relevant to the back-end firms on the company list |
| Metrology and inspection | No separate figure found | ASML (metrology and inspection), KLA | Local analogue: the SEM, Raman and X-ray stations on the Floor Plan |
Sources: eeNews Europe, Control Engineering Csearch summaries; not re-opened. A Focus Taiwan report says SEMI later expects wafer fab equipment to reach US$ 220 billion in 2028; it is described as preliminary: Focus Taiwan Cpreliminary; not re-opened.
Not done: no company financials, no order backlog, and no check of which firms supply the Philippines. The "leading companies" column only repeats the sites above and ASML's page; product scopes for the other four are general knowledge.