Silicon Quest Internationsal

Name

Silicon Quest Internationsal

Website

https://siliconquest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Silicon Quest International is a privately held, San Jose-based specialty semiconductor materials supplier founded in 1991, offering wafer thinning services, LED wafers, SiGe-on-silicon wafers, SiGe wafers, and float zone ingots to fab and LED device manufacturers across North America, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor Materials

NAICS

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441)

SIC

Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)

akta.pro primary industry

Wafer Services & Reclaim (Epitaxy, Thinning, Reclaim) (HDAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Silicon Wafers (Prime/Test/SOI) (HDAHAGAA), Compound Semiconductor Wafers & Substrates (SiC/GaN/GaAs/InP/Sapphire) (HDAHAGAB), RF & Compound Semiconductor Foundries (GaAs/GaN/SiGe) (HDAHACAD)

Keywords

• Semiconductor wafers
• Wafer thinning services
• LED wafers
• SiGe wafers
• Float zone ingots

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Silicon Quest International, Inc. is a private U.S.-based supplier of specialty silicon and compound semiconductor wafer products. Its offerings include wafer thinning services, LED wafers, SiGe-on-Silicon, SiGe wafers, and float zone ingots, primarily serving semiconductor device manufacturers. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wafer Thinning Specialty wafer thinning services that reduce substrate thickness for semiconductor device manufacturers requiring thin-die or advanced-packaging formats.
• LED Wafers LED-grade semiconductor wafers supplied to LED device and photonic component manufacturers.
• SiGe on Silicon Silicon-Germanium epitaxial layers on silicon substrates supplied to RF and high-speed semiconductor device manufacturers.
• SiGe Wafers Silicon-Germanium wafers supplied to semiconductor manufacturers for RF, analog, and high-speed device fabrication.
• Float Zone Ingots Float zone silicon ingots used as the base material for high-purity semiconductor wafer production.

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Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Scale indicators1 record

Broad incumbents

• Shin-Etsu Chemical: Shin-Etsu Chemical is the parent of Shin-Etsu Handotai, the world's largest silicon wafer producer, with broad specialty wafer offerings. It competes with Silicon Quest in the upstream wafer materials market, particularly for advanced and specialty silicon formats.
• Siltronic: Siltronic manufactures hyperpure silicon wafers and specialty wafer products for the semiconductor industry, with global operations. It is comparable to Silicon Quest as a specialty silicon wafer supplier serving logic, memory, and power device customers.
• SUMCO: SUMCO is a leading global producer of silicon wafers used in semiconductor device fabrication, including specialty formats for advanced nodes. It is comparable to Silicon Quest as a silicon wafer manufacturer competing in adjacent specialty wafer categories.
• GlobalWafers: GlobalWafers is one of the world's largest silicon wafer manufacturers, producing prime, test, and specialty wafers including reclaim services. It is comparable to Silicon Quest as a directly overlapping specialty wafer supplier with much broader scale and global reach.

Direct peers

• Soitec: Soitec is a specialty wafer manufacturer focused on engineered substrates including SOI and SiGe-on-insulator variants used in RF, 5G, and power applications. It directly competes with Silicon Quest in the SiGe-on-silicon specialty wafer category for RF/communications customers.
• IQE: IQE is a leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer epitaxy services, including SiGe, GaAs, and InP epiwafers for wireless and photonics applications. It is directly comparable to Silicon Quest's SiGe wafer offering and epitaxial-style wafer services.
• Okmetic: Okmetic specializes in silicon wafers for MEMS, RF, and power applications, including bonded SOI and thick silicon wafers. It is a direct specialty wafer peer to Silicon Quest, serving overlapping sensor, RF, and power device end-customers.
• Rogue Valley Microdevices: Rogue Valley Microdevices is a US-based MEMS and specialty wafer foundry offering wafer thinning, bonding, and custom substrate services. It directly overlaps with Silicon Quest's wafer thinning service line and serves similar fabless/integrated device customers.
• Wafer World: Wafer World is a US-based specialty wafer supplier offering silicon, SOI, GaAs, InP, and other compound semiconductor wafers in small to mid volumes. It directly overlaps with Silicon Quest's specialty wafer catalog and serves research and production customers.

Regional players

• SkyWater Technology: SkyWater is a US-domiciled semiconductor foundry offering specialty process flows and custom wafer services, including emerging materials and advanced packaging substrates. It is a comparable specialty wafer services player competing for similar North American customers, though positioned further downstream than Silicon Quest.

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Investors

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