ENTITY · solar_applied
Solar Applied Materials1785
Taiwan·sputtering targets·niche
Taiwanese sputtering target and precious-metal recycling specialist.
WATCH · 40–69
48/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis
WATCH — Solar Applied Materials: concentrated foreign-origin supply compounded by criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs in sputtering targets. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.
Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration75
Sole-Source Dependence55
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 · $1.05BSolar Applied Materials → GlobalFoundries
- Marvell Technology · 2 hops · $184.3MSolar Applied Materials → TSMC → Marvell Technology
- Valens Semiconductor · 2 hops · $28.3MSolar Applied Materials → TSMC → Valens Semiconductor
- Scale AI · 3 hops · $105.6MSolar Applied Materials → TSMC → NVIDIA → Scale AI
Possible substitutes · same commodity buckets
Chokepoint Relationships
Key Suppliers · upstream · 0
No mapped upstream suppliers.
Key Customers · downstream · 8
- TSMCTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- CHOKEPOINT
- Samsung ElectronicsSouth KoreaALLIED
- IntelUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SK hynixSouth KoreaALLIED
- Micron TechnologyUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- SMICChinaHostileADVERSARY
- GlobalFoundriesUnited StatesDOMESTIC