SWIFT Thinking
Legends of the Loud
Alphabet Soup: KLA Edition
Movie Tech Magic
Chiponomics
100

This product targetted for packaging was released in 2010s.

What is Kronos?

100

This British band famously sang about being “Under Pressure” with David Bowie.

What is Queen?

100

The yield‑management classic—our format for defect data files exchanged across tools and analytics platforms.

What is KLARF?

100

In Star Wars, this weapon is described as “an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.”

What is a lightsaber

100

Adding controlled impurities to a semiconductor to change its electrical properties is called this.

What is doping?

200

This workhorse in HVM has generated over $3 billion in revenue since the inception.

What is Puma

200

Known as “Slowhand,” this guitarist played with Cream before going solo.

Who is Eric Clapton?

200

We compare financial performance of KLA w.r.t. this market segment.

What is WFE?

200

In The Matrix, this color “pill” reveals the truth.

What is Red Pill?

200

This process step uses light and photoresist to transfer circuit patterns onto a wafer.

What is photolithography?

300

Voyager platform was renamed twice. These were the other two names.

What is Spyder and Denali?

300

This band’s album Dark Side of the Moon stayed on the Billboard charts for over 14 years.

What is Pink Floyd?

300

The compute backbone—this subsystem distributes jobs across nodes and handles high data‑rate.

What is IMC (Image Computer)?

300

Tony Stark’s helpful assistant.

What is J.A.R.V.I.S.?

300

This advanced litho tech uses 13.5 nm wavelength light to enable sub-7nm nodes.

What is EUV?

400

This was the first DL based solution released by KLA for Inspection Systems.

What is DefectWise?

400

The Rolling Stones’ tongue-and-lips logo was inspired by this Hindu goddess.

Who is Kali?

400

This strategy enables detection job creation from different die rows. 

What is MDR?

400

In Terminator 2, this AI network becomes self-aware and triggers Judgment Day.

What is Skynet?

400

This DRAM technology is backbone of today's HPC, AI accelerators, and GPUs.

What is HBM (High Bandwidth Memory)?

500

This rack serves as a GPU‑based DL training platform supporting multiple tools simultaneously

What is Intelligent Station?

500

This Led Zeppelin song references “The May Queen” and “a bustle in your hedgerow.”

What is “Stairway to Heaven”?

500

Our product reliability (failure rate) is measured with this parameter.

What is MTBF?

500

In 2001: A Space Odyssey, this AI calmly says, “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

What is HAL 9000?

500

This transistor architecture, replacing FinFET, surrounds the channel on all sides.

What is Gate-All-Around (GAA)?