10 Facts About Lam Research

Lam Research Corporation is an American supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and related services to the semiconductor industry.

Lam Research was founded in 1980 by Dr David K Lam and is headquartered in Fremont, California, in the Silicon Valley.

Lam Research was founded in 1980 by David K Lam, a Chinese-born engineer who had previously worked at Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, and Texas Instruments.

Lam Research credited Bob Noyce, founder of Intel, for assisting him in getting funding by ensuring his business plan made sense.

In 1985, David Lam Research left the company to join Link Technologies, which eventually was bought by Wyse and is Dell Wyse.

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In 2011, Lam Research agreed to buy San Jose, California chip equipment manufacturer Novellus Systems, for $3.

In October 2015, Lam Research announced plans to buy Milpitas, California-based wafer inspection equipment vendor KLA-Tencor for $10.

In December 2018, Martin Anstice resigned as CEO due to allegations of personal misconduct, and the Board of Directors of Lam Research named Tim Archer as president and chief executive officer.

Lam Research uses proprietary technology in its equipment for plasma etch, the process of selectively removing materials from the surface of a wafer to create the semiconductor device's features and patterns.

Lam Research has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Austria, and Korea and sales and services offices throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.