Editing Applied Materials (section)

{{Short description|American semiconductor equipment company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Applied Materials, Inc.
| logo = Applied Materials Inc. Logo.svg
| logo_upright = 1.2
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NASDAQ|AMAT}}|[[Nasdaq-100]] component|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| founder = Michael A. McNeilly
| founded = {{Start date and age|1967|11|10}}
| hq_location = {{nowrap|[[Santa Clara, California]], U.S.}}
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Gary E. Dickerson]] ([[President (corporate title)|President]] & [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])|Thomas J. Iannotti ([[Chairman]])}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = [[Semiconductor]]s
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|27.18 billion|link=yes}} (2024)
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{US$|7.867 billion}} (2024)
| net_income = {{increase}} {{US$|7.177 billion}} (2024)
| assets = {{increase}} {{US$|34.41 billion}} (2024)
| equity = {{increase}} {{US$|19.00 billion}} (2024)
| num_employees = 35,700 (2024)
| website = {{URL|https://www.appliedmaterials.com/|appliedmaterials.com}}
| footnotes = Financials {{as of |2024|10|27|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref name=AR>{{cite web|title=U.S. SEC: Applied Materials, Inc. Form 10-K |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695124000044/amat-20241027.htm |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=13 December 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''Applied Materials, Inc.''' is an American corporation that supplies equipment, services and software for the manufacture of [[semiconductor]] ([[integrated circuit]]) chips for electronics, [[flat panel displays]] for computers, smartphones, televisions, and [[Photovoltaics|solar products]]. The company also supplies equipment to produce coatings for [[flexible electronics]], packaging and other applications. The company is headquartered in [[Santa Clara, California]],<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/AMAT:US "Applied Materials Inc"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407014942/https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/AMAT:US |date=2017-04-07 }}. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 3 March 2016.</ref> and is the second largest supplier of semiconductor equipment in the world based on revenue behind Dutch company [[ASML Holding|ASML]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Trefis |title=Understanding Applied Materials' Business Model And Performance Across Segments |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2019/08/30/understanding-applied-materials-business-model-and-performance-across-segments/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Gregory C. |date=November 26, 2024 |title=The True Impact of Allied Export Controls on the U.S. and Chinese Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Industries |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/true-impact-allied-export-controls-us-and-chinese-semiconductor-manufacturing-equipment |website=Center for Strategic and International Studies}}</ref>