# Who does Advantest pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/advantest · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-07-12T06:14:35.396+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Advantest discloses no named confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties; 2 relationships are tracked as undisclosed/aggregate. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 1 dated sources, 0 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

### R&D·SW (비공개) (low)
- note: Test-algorithm and software R&D — test programs for new devices are the source of competitiveness (undisclosed).
- [mentions] Advantest (EN, ir, published 2025-06-01) https://www.advantest.com/document/en/investors/ir-library/annual/E_02_IAR2025.pdf: "R&D."

### 정밀 부품·계측 모듈 (비공개) (low)
- note: Precision parts and measurement modules for testers — the cost axis of tool performance (undisclosed).
- [mentions] Advantest (EN, ir, published 2025-06-01) https://www.advantest.com/document/en/investors/ir-library/annual/E_02_IAR2025.pdf: "Component costs."

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