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SÜSS MicroTec SE, headquartered in Garching near Munich, Germany, develops and manufactures equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets. Its product portfolio includes mask aligners, coaters, wafer bonders, inkjet printers, projection scanners, metrology systems, and photomask equipment, which are utilized in the production of processors, memory chips, MEMS, LEDs, and other microsystem components. Founded in 1949 by Karl Süss, the company has expanded its global presence with production facilities in Germany and Taiwan, and sales offices in the USA, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, China, and Korea. SÜSS MicroTec's strategic focus on innovation and its comprehensive product range position it to address the evolving demands of the semiconductor industry.

Broadcom is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world and has also expanded into infrastructure software. Its semiconductors primarily serve computing and networking, with custom AI accelerators now accounting for the bulk of the business. It is primarily a fabless designer, but holds some manufacturing in-house, such as for its best-of-breed film bulk acoustic resonator filters that sell into the Apple iPhone. In software, it sells virtualization, infrastructure, and security software to large enterprises, financial institutions, and governments. Broadcom is the product of consolidation. Its businesses are an amalgamation of former companies like legacy Broadcom and Avago Technologies in chips, as well as VMware, Brocade, CA Technologies, and Symantec in software.