Probe Card Market

Test equipment is part of assembly line testing of semiconductor devices that saves manual effort and time of a semiconductor manufacturing process while ensuring the quality of these devices. The size of such test equipment can range from small computer-driven dedicated fixed purpose testers to large programmable machines. The cost of the equipment also varies accordingly. Probe cards are test equipment devices that are used by semiconductor device manufacturers to perform wafer test or wafer sort. Probe cards are used to test the semiconductor die or chips while the die is still constituted on the semiconductor wafer.
The analysts forecast global probe card market to grow at a CAGR of 4.38% during the period 2016-2020.
Covered in this report
The report covers present scenario and the growth prospects of the global probe card market for 2016-2020. To calculate the market size, The report covers revenue generated from the global shipments of probe cards across SoC and memory application segments.
The market is divided into the following segments based on geography:

• Americas
• APAC
• EMEA

This report, Global Probe Card Market 2016-2020, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Key vendors

• FormFactor
• Japan Electronic Materials (JEM)
• Micronics Japan (MJC)
• MPI
• Technoprobe

Other prominent vendors

• Advantest
• AMST
• BucklingBeam Solutions
• Cascade Microtech
• Feinmetall
• Korea Instrument
• Microfriend
• SV Probe
• TSE
• WILL Technology

Market driver

• Growth in global semiconductor industry
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Market challenge

• Continuous price pressure on vendors
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Market trend

• Increasing number of fabless semiconductor companies and test houses
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Key questions answered in this report

• What will the market size be in 2020 and what will the growth rate be?
• What are the key market trends?
• What is driving this market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in this market space?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?

Table of Contents

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

Common currency conversion rates

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Industry overview

Semiconductor industry overview

Global semiconductor market overview

PART 06: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces model

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user segment

PART 08: Market segmentation by product type

PART 09: Market segmentation by geography

Probe card market in APAC

Probe card market in Americas

Probe card market in EMEA

PART 10: Summary of key figures

PART 11: Market drivers

Growth in global semiconductor industry

Miniaturization of electronic devices

Shorter time to market

PART 12: Impact of drivers

PART 13: Market challenges

Continuous price pressure on vendors

Cyclical nature of semiconductor industry

High dependency on limited suppliers of the market

PART 14: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 15: Market trends

Increasing number of fabless semiconductor companies and test houses

Emergence of new testing technologies

Increase in number of connected devices through IoT and other emerging markets

PART 16: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Key vendors

Other prominent vendors

PART 17: Appendix

List of abbreviations

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 01: Major countries covered

Exhibit 02: Standard currency conversion rates

Exhibit 03: Probe card market traction by geography

Exhibit 04: Semiconductor value chain

Exhibit 05: Front-end production processes

Exhibit 06: Back-end production processes

Exhibit 07: Global semiconductor market 2015

Exhibit 08: Overview of global probe card market

Exhibit 09: Global probe card market 2016-2020 ($ millions)

Exhibit 10: Global smartphone shipment 2013-2020 (% share)

Exhibit 11: Five forces model

Exhibit 12: Global probe card market by end-user 2015 (%)

Exhibit 13: Global probe card market by end-user 2015-2020 (%)

Exhibit 14: Global probe card market by end-user 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 15: Global probe card market: SoC 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 16: Global probe card market: Memory 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 17: Global probe card market: CAGR comparison by end-user segments

Exhibit 18: Global probe card market segmentation 2015

Exhibit 19: Global probe card market by product type 2015-2020 (%)

Exhibit 20: Global probe card market by product type 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 21: Global probe card market: Standard probe cards 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 22: Global probe card market: Advanced probe cards 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 23: Global probe card market: CAGR comparison by product type (%)

Exhibit 24: Global probe card market by geography 2015 (%)

Exhibit 25: Global probe card market by geography 2015-2020 (%)

Exhibit 26: Global probe card market by geography 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 27: Key leading countries of probe card market in APAC

Exhibit 28: Probe card market in APAC 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 29: Probe card market in Americas 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 30: Probe card market in EMEA 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 31: Global probe card market: CAGR comparison by geography (%)

Exhibit 32: Global probe card market by end-user 2015-2020 ($)

Exhibit 33: Global probe card market by product type 2015-2020 ($)

Exhibit 34: Global probe card market by region 2015-2020 ($)

Exhibit 35: Growth rate of global sales of tablets and smartphones 2015 (%)

Exhibit 36: CAGR of LED chips, sensors, DRAM, and NAND markets 2015-2020 (%)

Exhibit 37: Global MEMS market 2015-2020 ($ billions)

Exhibit 38: Impact of drivers

Exhibit 39: Global semiconductor market trend 1990-2015 ($ billions)

Exhibit 40: Impact of drivers and challenges

Exhibit 41: IoT spending and device penetration 2015 and 2020

Exhibit 42: Global probe card market by vendor ranking 2015

Exhibit 43: Other prominent vendors