ENTITY · kulicke_soffa
Kulicke & SoffaKLIC
Singapore·bonders·leader·$6.4B mkt cap
Dominant in wire bonders; expanding into advanced packaging.
CLEAR · 0–39
39/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis
CLEAR — Kulicke & Soffa: sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance compounded by criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs in bonders. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.
Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration18
Sole-Source Dependence85
Sanctions Exposure0
Downstream Criticality60
Sanctions Exposure
Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).
DoD Exposure
No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
- GlobalFoundries · 1 hop · $1.05BKulicke & Soffa → GlobalFoundries
- Marvell Technology · 2 hops · $184.3MKulicke & Soffa → ASE Technology → Marvell Technology
- Valens Semiconductor · 2 hops · $28.3MKulicke & Soffa → ASE Technology → Valens Semiconductor
- Scale AI · 3 hops · $105.6MKulicke & Soffa → ASE Technology → NVIDIA → Scale AI
Possible substitutes · same commodity buckets
Chokepoint Relationships
Key Suppliers · upstream · 0
No mapped upstream suppliers.
Key Customers · downstream · 13
- ASE TechnologyTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- Amkor TechnologyUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- JCET GroupChinaHostileADVERSARY
- CHOKEPOINT
- ADVERSARY
- Huatian TechnologyChinaHostileADVERSARY
- TSMCTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- Samsung ElectronicsSouth KoreaALLIED
- IntelUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SK hynixSouth KoreaALLIED
- Micron TechnologyUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SMICChinaHostileADVERSARY
- GlobalFoundriesUnited StatesDOMESTIC