verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message kla tencor corporation type public traded as nasdaq klac nasdaq 100 component s & p 500 component industry semiconductor equipment & materials founded 1997 merger of kla and tencor headquarters milpitas california united states key people edward w. barnholt chairman richard p. wallace ceo products chips wafers semiconductors and other related industries . revenue us 2 814.049 million 2015 1 us 2 929.408 million 2014 2 operating income us 661.340 million 2015 1 us 772.070 million 2014 2 net income us 366 158 million 2015 1 us 582.755 million 2014 2 total assets us 4 826.012 million 2015 1 us 5 535.846 million 2014 2 total equity us 421.439 million 2015 1 us 3 669.346 million 2014 2 number of employees 6 100 2015 website www.kla tencor.com kla tencor corporation is a global capital equipment company based in milpitas california . it supplies process control and yield management products for the semiconductor data storage led and related nanoelectronics industries . the company s products software and services are intended for all phases of integrated circuit chip production from research and development to wafer fabrication and advanced packaging processes to final volume development . 3 kla tencor s products and services are used by the vast majority of bare wafer ic lithography reticle and disk manufacturers around the world . these customers rely on kla tencor s inline wafer and ic defect monitoring review and classification ; reticle defect inspection and metrology ; packaging and interconnect inspection ; critical dimension cd metrology ; pattern overlay metrology ; film thickness surface topography and composition measurements ; measurement of in chamber process conditions wafer shape and stress metrology ; computational lithography tools and overall yield and fab wide data management and analysis systems . k t services 3 is the company s global service network that maintains the productivity and performance of all of its tools . it formally established its foundation in 2000 kla tencor foundation 4 which supports various global giving efforts . on 21st oct 2015 lam research reached an agreement with kla tencor to acquire kla tencor for 67.02 a share . the deal was expected to complete by summer of 2016 . the merger agreement with lam research was officially terminated on 5th oct 2016 . the u.s. department of justice doj concluded that the semiconductor industry will be better served by having kla tencor remain as an independent company . contents 1 history 2 process control technology and applications 3 research and development 4 facilities 5 management 6 references 7 external links history edit kla tencor was formed in 1997 through the merger of kla instruments and tencor instruments two companies in the semiconductor equipment and yield management systems industry . kla instruments was founded in 1975 by ken levy and bob anderson and focused on defect inspection solutions . karel urbanek established tencor instruments in 1977 with an emphasis on metrology solutions . since the merger which was valued at 1.3 billion kla tencor has acquired 19 additional companies 1998 amray inc. ; nanopro gmbh ; the quantox product line from keithley instruments inc. ; vars ; the ultrapointe subsidiary of uniphase corporation 1999 acme systems inc. 2000 fab solutions from objectspace inc. ; finle technologies inc. 2001 phase metrics 2004 candela instruments ; wafer inspection systems business of inspex inc. 2006 ade corporation 2007 onwafer technologies ; sensarray corporation ; therma wave corporation 2008 icos vision systems corporation nv ; microelectronic inspection equipment mie business unit of vistec semiconductor systems 2010 ambios technology 2014 luminescent technologies process control technology and applications edit kla tencor s defect inspection and metrology products and related offerings can be broadly categorized into the following groups chip manufacturing reticle manufacturing data storage media head manufacturing led manufacturing compound semiconductor manufacturing microelectromechanical systems mems manufacturing and surface profilometry and metrology . kla tencor also provides refurbished tools as part of its k t certified program 5 research and development edit the market for yield management and process monitoring systems is characterized by rapid technological development and product innovation . such technical innovations are inherently complex and require long development cycles . kla tencor keeps a significant staff of full time research and development professionals and makes significant investments in product research and development . 5 facilities edit kla tencor has operations throughout the world with manufacturing support and r & d facilities in the united states india israel belgium germany china and singapore . management edit chief executive officer and president rick wallace chief financial officer bren higgins chief technology officer and executive vice president of corporate alliances ben tsai references edit a b c d e kla tencor corp 2015 annual report form 10 k xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . august 7 2015 . a b c d e kla tencor corp 2014 annual report form 10 k xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . august 8 2014 . a b kla tencor website kla tencor foundation website a b kla tencor corp 2015 annual report form 10 k united states securities and exchange commission . september 2015 external links edit kla tencor official website v t e companies of the nasdaq 100 index 21st century fox activision blizzard adobe systems akamai technologies alexion pharmaceuticals alphabet amazon.com american airlines group amgen analog devices apple applied materials autodesk automatic data processing baidu bed bath & beyond biogen biomarin pharmaceutical broadcom limited ca technologies celgene cerner charter communications check point cisco systems citrix systems cognizant comcast costco csx ctrip.com international discovery communications dish network dollar tree ebay electronic arts endo international expedia express scripts facebook fastenal fiserv gilead sciences henry schein illumina incyte intel intuit intuitive surgical jd.com kraft heinz lam research liberty braves liberty global liberty interactive liberty media linear technology marriott international mattel maxim integrated products micron technology microsoft mondelez international monster beverage mylan netapp netflix norwegian cruise line holdings nvidia nxp semiconductors o reilly automotive paccar paychex paypal qualcomm regeneron ross stores sandisk sba communications seagate technology sirius xm holdings skyworks solutions starbucks stericycle symantec t mobile us tesla motors texas instruments the priceline group tractor supply company tripadvisor ulta salon cosmetics & fragrance verisk analytics vertex pharmaceuticals viacom vodafone walgreens boots alliance western digital whole foods market xilinx yahoo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kla tencor & oldid 743079931 categories companies in the nasdaq 100 indexcompanies based in milpitas californiamanufacturing companies established in 1997equipment semiconductor companiescompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 17 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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