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Nova

Israeli maker of metrology systems that measure the thickness, shape and chemical makeup of the ultra-thin layers built up on a chip during manufacturing.

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What it does

Israeli maker of metrology systems that measure the thickness, shape and chemical makeup of the ultra-thin layers built up on a chip during manufacturing.

Why it matters

Nova attributed its record 2025 sales to demand for AI and cited gate-all-around transistors and advanced packaging as drivers; the more complex AI-era chips become, the more measurement steps they need.

How it makes money

Sells optical, materials and chemical metrology systems, software and services to chipmakers.

Geography

Israel (Rehovot)

AI stack position

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The highly specialized machines and design software used to create advanced chips in the first place. Without these tools, no chip maker in the world — including the ones building NVIDIA's chips — could produce anything.

Same-layer peers

Same-layer peers share an editorial stack classification; that alone does not establish direct competition.

Connections (2)

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Current relationships (2)

Nova was recognized as a supplier by Intel Corporation
SuppliesCurrent
Intel named Nova Ltd. a 2026 EPIC Supplier Award recipient for "Excellence in Integrated CMP Metrology Solutions".

Source: 2026-03-19 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: An award establishes a supplier relationship with Intel; it does not establish which products, order volumes, revenue share, exclusivity or how long the relationship continues.

Intel Announces 2026 EPIC Supplier Award Recipients ↗
Nova co-authored metrology research with Samsung Electronics
Co-develops withCurrent
Nova said it and Samsung Electronics received SPIE's Vladimir Ukraintsev Award for Collaborations in Metrology, announced at SPIE Advanced Lithography 2025, for a co-authored paper on thickness monitoring using spectral interferometry, Raman spectroscopy and hybrid machine learning.

Source: 2025-03-18 · reviewed 2026-09-26

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Completed joint research paper (2025)

Limits: Shows a joint technical paper; does not establish that Samsung buys Nova's tools, in what volume, or any ongoing commercial agreement.

Nova Ltd. Form 6-K (Nova and Samsung receive SPIE collaboration award) ↗
Evidence for this profile

Nova Reports Fourth Quarter and Record Full Year 2025 Results ↗
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