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2026-06-18
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Investors in the semiconductor capital equipment sector often face a structural question about where value is created in the supply chain. The largest equipment manufacturers—companies such as Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT | AMAT Price Prediction) and Lam Research (NYSE:LRCX)—design and sell complete semiconductor manufacturing systems. Surrounding these firms is a large ecosystem of suppliers th