Applied Materials, Inc.

Company profile

Applied Materials, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets and services semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment for the worldwide semiconductor industry. The Company manufactures systems that perform most of the primary steps in the chip fabrication process, including atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition, electroplating, etch, ion implantation, rapid thermal processing, chemical mechanical polishing, wafer wet cleaning, metrology and wafer inspection. Applied Materials' subsidiary, AKT Inc., manufactures CVD systems used to make flat panel displays that are used in notebook computers, desktop monitors, televisions and other applications. Etec Systems, Inc., another subsidiary, is a manufacturer of systems used to generate, etch and inspect circuit patterns on reticles used in the photolithography process. It also provides manufacturing facility management software, as well as services to enhance manufacturing yields.