Founded in 1980, Lam Research is a global supplier of tools and services to the semiconductor industry, primarily for front-end wafer processing. The company offers solutions for chip interconnects, transistors, advanced memory and packaging to sensors and transducers, analog & mixed signal, discretes & power devices, and optoelectronics & photonics. Lam Research supports the manufacture of leading-edge technology with a portfolio of products for thin film deposition, plasma etch, photoresist strip, and wafer cleaning. In addition, the company provides mass metrology systems to improve yield and device performance.