For the first time since 1990, Applied Materials (AMAT) is poised to lose its lead in the semiconductor equipment market.
Applied Materials, which has been losing market share in the wafer front end (WFE) equipment market for the past three years, is poised to lose its lead in 2019. ASML (ASML) will take over the lead on the strength of its shipments of pricy EUV lithography equipment.
According to The Information Network's report entitled "The Global Semiconductor Equipment: Markets, Market Shares, Market Forecasts," Applied Materials, which had a market share of