Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards 2026

Benchmarking Excellence Across the Semiconductor Equipment Ecosystem

10 Min Read May 13, 2026

Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards 2026

Since 1988, the Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards have served as the industry’s most trusted independent benchmark for supplier performance, originally established by VLSI Research and now powered by TechInsights.

Each year, semiconductor manufacturers worldwide evaluate their equipment and subsystem suppliers based on real-world performance across technical capability, customer experience, and long-term support.

The 2026 results reflect feedback from over 1,200 survey responses across 43% of the chip market and 58% of subsystem customers, providing one of the most comprehensive views of supplier performance in the industry.

2026 Award Winners

Explore this year’s top-performing suppliers across all categories. Winners are recognised for excellence in customer service, technical leadership, product performance, and operational reliability.

Customer Service Excellence – Top 10 Suppliers

Large Chip Making Equipment Suppliers

Advantest
Tokyo Electron
Edwards
Kokusai Electric
Lam Research
Hitachi High-Tech
Applied Materials
EBARA
MKS Instruments

Focused Equipment Suppliers

Form Factor
EV Group
HANMI
Kashiyama
HORIBA
VAT
Brooks Instrument

Global Semiconductor Supplier Award Winners

Assembly Test Equipment

Advantest

Test Subsystems

Form Factor

Wafer Fab Equipment Subsystems

Edwards

Fab Equipment

EV Group

WFE to Specialty Chip Makers

EV Group

WFE to Foundation Chip Makers

Tokyo Electron

About the 2026 Survey

This year’s Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards are based on a comprehensive customer satisfaction study conducted over two and a half months in five languages.

1,201 survey responses collected
15,490 total ratings captured
Representation from global chipmakers and subsystem customers
Evaluation across 14 performance criteria, including:
- Technical capability
- Commitment and trust
- Application expertise
- Post-sales support
- Quality of results
- Uptime and reliability
- Software and system performance

Key 2026 Industry Insights

his year’s results highlight a clear shift in supplier performance dynamics across the semiconductor ecosystem:

Increased emphasis on customer collaboration and long-term support
Strong gains in technical leadership and application expertise
Continued momentum in advanced packaging and system complexity
Rising importance of software-driven equipment performance
Growing differentiation in service responsiveness and uptime reliability

Top-performing suppliers—including Advantest, FormFactor, EV Group, and Tokyo Electron—continue to lead through sustained investment in customer alignment and technology innovation.

Notable Performance Highlights

Multiple suppliers achieved five TechInsights stars (9.0+ rating) in Customer Service Excellence
Tokyo Electron was the biggest mover in large equipment suppliers, with a significant year-over-year rating increase
Several suppliers—including HANMI, Lam Research, and HORIBA—recorded notable improvements across multiple performance

About the Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards

The Global Semiconductor Supplier Awards have served as an industry benchmark since 1988, when they were first launched by VLSI Research. Today, they remain the most trusted measure of supplier performance in the semiconductor equipment ecosystem.

Capital equipment manufacturers and subsystem suppliers use these results to evaluate and improve service quality, benchmark against competitors, and better align with customer expectations.

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