Japan has seen its share of the semiconductor market fall from 50% in the late 1980s to about 10% but still hosts some of the most advanced chipmaking equipment manufacturers, making it relevant to U.S. attempts to curb technology exports to China.
China became the largest market for Advantest in October-December, surpassing South Korea and Taiwan, with the country accounting for 32.9% of global sales in the quarter.
"However, we could potentially be indirectly impacted as those restrictions put a halt to supplies of other companies' production equipment, prompting our customers to revisit their business plans," the executive said.Screen is the world's largest manufacturer of equipment used to clean silicon wafers.
It has said sales to China could be affected by U.S. export curbs, but that any decline will likely be covered by higher demand from elsewhere.Nikon produces deep ultraviolet lithography machines, the second-most advanced systems used to create the minute circuitry of chips after extreme ultraviolet machines.
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