Applied Materials

Company Description

Applied Materials, Inc. is a company that provides manufacturing equipment, software, and services for semiconductor, display screens, and related products. With a range of equipment and services used in the production of semiconductor chips, integrated circuits, TVs, monitors, personal computers, and other consumer-oriented devices Applied Materials also supplies equipment to enhance performance, and modify chemical and physical properties of the required materials.

Detailed Description

Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. The company operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Applied Materials, Inc. was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Key People

Founder(s): Michael A. Mc Neilly

Gary E. Dickerson (President & CEO) Thomas J. Iannotti (Chairman)

Financials

Revenue: US$17.202 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended October 25, 2020)

Operating income: US$4.365 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended October 25, 2020)

Net income: US$3.619 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended October 25, 2020)

Total assets: US$22.353 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended October 25, 2020)

Total equity: US$10.578 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended October 25, 2020)