Applied Materials, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets and services semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment and related spare parts for the worldwide semiconductor industry. Many of Applied's products are single-wafer systems designed with two or more process chambers attached to a base platform. The platform feeds a wafer to each chamber, allowing the simultaneous processing of several wafers to enable high manufacturing productivity and precise control of the process. Applied has five major single-wafer, multi-chamber platforms: the Precision 5000, the Centura, the Endura, the Endura SL and the Producer. These platforms currently support chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, etch and rapid thermal processing technologies. Customers for the Company's products include semiconductor wafer manufacturers and semiconductor integrated circuit (or chip) manufacturers.
