Semiconductor Test Consumables - Test Interface Boards Market Monitor Q1 2024

The Test Equipment Consumables – Test Interface Board Market Monitor is a sub-part of the test equipment consumables market monitor that provides a deep quarterly view on the market that deals with the device interface board market.

Semiconductor advanced PCB / Test Interface (PCBs / Boards / Substrate) are used to connect wafer probes and burn-in and test sockets to the tester. These PCBs are often multi-layer boards with fine pitch holes and require specialist manufacturing technology. Much of the functionality of probe cards and sockets depends on the design, layout, and performance of these PCBs.

Probe card suppliers mainly design PCBs for probe cards, and the manufacture is outsourced to merchant suppliers. Historically, PCBs for probe cards were relatively simple to make. Still, in recent years the specifications have increased to the point where only a small number of suppliers can make PCBs for leading-edge probe cards.

Chipmakers design most of the boards (load boards or device interface boards) for package test and outsource the manufacture of the PCBs to merchant suppliers. Independent designers exist to serve smaller chipmakers who don’t have the specialist know-how to design their boards or help larger chipmakers when their design teams are at full capacity.

PCBs for burn-in applications are commodity items. This is a fragmented market with many vendors qualified to supply the market. However, there is a trend for chipmakers to use a smaller number of specialist suppliers to ensure optimal performance of the burn-in system.

Product objectives:

• Provide quarterly accurate data from players on the semiconductor Device Interface Board market.
• Provide market metrics and forecasts of volume, market value and market share of players.
• Oversee the most relevant players across the Device Interface Board supply chain.
• Make the right choices to overcome competitors in the Device Interface Board market
• Assess demand/supply balance of Device Interface Board market
• Monitoring of supply chain changes and market share evolution
• Allow an accurate monitoring of the competition
• Quarterly close-up monitoring market, competition and demand/supply balance to adapt your strategy and market positioning

The market for semiconductor test interfaces declined by -1.0% in 2023 to a value of $1.4B but is set to increase in 2024. Device interface board and burn-in board revenues accounted for 50% and 21% of total revenues, respectively, with probe card PCBs contributing the remaining 29% Demand for load boards significantly underperforming the overall market due to the strong overperformance in 2022 revenues.

The number of PCB manufacturers able to keep up with leading-edge requirements for device interface boards and advanced PCBs for probe cards is falling, while Chinese suppliers have challenges to develop the processes for leading-edge applications. We expect quarterly sales to return to normal seasonal patterns in 2024.

• Analyst Commentary                                       
• Companies Cited in This Report                
• Test Interface for Semiconductor Test Market                
• Market Overview                                                                                    
  • Market dynamics
  • Annual sales
  • Near-term dynamics
• Probe Card PCB Market Overview                 
  • Revenues & Forecast
  • Market shares
  • Shipments and price
  • Regional distribution
• Device Interface Board Market Overview                                         
  • Revenues & Forecast
  • Market shares
  • Shipments and price
  • Regional distribution
• Burn-in Board Market Overview                                     
  • Revenues & Forecast
  • Market shares
  • Shipments and price
  • Regional distribution
• Glossaries             
• Definitions             
• How to use our data                                                        
• Yole Group corporate presentation               

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