Applied Materials, Inc. is a leading American corporation that provides equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductor chips for electronics, flat panel displays for computers, smartphones, and televisions, and solar products. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company operates in three business segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. Applied Materials is renowned for its innovation in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world.
Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled a major innovation in process control that uses Big Data and AI technology to help semiconductor manufacturers accelerate node development, speed time to revenue and earn more profits over the life of a node.