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Semiconductor Supply Chain Explorer

The semiconductor supply chain is one of the most complex in the world. Follow it end to end — from raw sand to end markets — and tap any stage to see who participates and the technologies, equipment, materials, companies, skills, and research behind it. Every stage links into the rest of Semitree.

Each stage answers:

  • What happens here
  • Who participates
  • Technologies
  • Equipment
  • Materials
  • Companies
  • Skills
  • Research

  1. Inputs & materials

    From raw sand to a polished silicon wafer.

  2. 1Raw materialsSilica sand, chemicals, and the elements chips are built from.
  3. 2SiliconPurifying to electronic-grade polysilicon.
  4. 3Wafer manufacturingGrowing crystals and slicing polished wafers.

  5. Design

    Turning an idea into a manufacturable chip design.

  6. 4EDAThe software that makes chip design possible.
  7. 5Chip designArchitecture to tapeout.

  8. Equipment

    The machines that make chip-making possible.

  9. 6Semiconductor equipmentThe tools that build chips.

  10. Front-end manufacturing

    Building transistors and wiring on the wafer.

  11. 7FabThe cleanroom where chips are made.
  12. 8Wafer processingThe repeated cycle that builds each layer.

  13. Assembly, packaging & test

    Turning wafers into packaged, tested chips.

  14. 9PackagingProtecting and connecting the die.
  15. 10TestingScreening good chips from bad.

  16. Downstream

    Chips become products, and products reach markets.

  17. 11ElectronicsChips become boards and systems.
  18. 12End marketsWhere chips create value.

Following SEMICON India 2026? Its themes span this whole supply chain.

See also the Manufacturing Explorer for the fab-level process detail, and the industry directory & maps for the companies.