Applied Materials, Inc.

Applied Materials, Inc. is an American corporation that provides equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, and solar products. The company is a global leader in materials engineering solutions, enabling the technology that transforms the future. Its headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California, U.S..

The company's operations are primarily divided into three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment focuses on equipment for wafer fabrication, including processes like deposition, etch, ion implantation, and metrology. Applied Global Services offers solutions to optimize equipment performance and productivity, providing spares, upgrades, and factory automation software. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment supplies products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)..

Led by President and CEO Gary E. Dickerson, Applied Materials is the second largest supplier of semiconductor equipment worldwide by revenue and holds a leading position in materials engineering solutions.. The company is strategically positioned in critical areas for AI chip production, including Gate-All-Around transistors and Backside Power Delivery, and is a leader in standard DRAM, HBM DRAM, and HBM packaging.. In recent news, Applied Materials settled a criminal investigation with the U.S. Department of Justice in February 2026, paying a $252 million penalty related to equipment routing to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation.. The company also announced Advantest as an innovation partner for its EPIC platform in April 2026 and plans to launch over a dozen new products in 2026..