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Emerging Applications Drive the Need for New Memory Technologies

Jun212017

I recently sat down for a video interview with G. Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSIresearch, to discuss why the industry is moving to new memory solutions and what strategies are being implemented to alleviate the memory bottleneck.

Display

Display Trends for 2017 and Beyond

By Applied Blog

Jan232017

Max McDaniel reports on the hottest display trends coming out of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Corporate

Holiday Greetings From Applied Materials

By Applied Blog

Dec202016

Happy Holidays from the Applied Materials blog team! http://bit.ly/2hWsKb0

Emerging Technologies, Semiconductors

Navigating a Changing Memory Landscape

By Dr. Er-Xuan Ping

Oct202016

A discussion with VLSIresearch Inc.’s G. Dan Hutcheson on new materials and processing requirements for memory technologies.

Semiconductors

Patterning the Interconnects of Future Chips

By Connie Duncan

Aug102015

Applied's Sree Kesapragada and Miller Allen, discuss the Endura Cirrus HTX which meets chipmakers’ copper interconnect patterning needs by extending the TiN metal hardmask —the industry’s material of choice — to the 10nm and below nodes.

Corporate Responsibility

Named a 2015 World’s Most Ethical Company

By Amaya Lopez

Mar192015

I’m pleased to announce Applied Materials was once again named a World’s Most Ethical Company® by the Ethisphere Institute, a leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

Semiconductors

New CD SEM Advances 3D Patterning to See, Measure and Control 3D Devices

By Connie Duncan

Mar112015

Applied’s Ofer Adan, Global Product and Technology manager, discusses the technical innovations of the recently announced metrology tool for 3D devices.

Corporate Responsibility

Solving Humanitarian Challenges Through Technology

By Siobhan Kenney

Nov142014

Recognized as a man who set out to change the world and to make it better, visionary entrepreneur and philanthropist, Ted Turner was awarded the 2014 James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award.

Corporate, Semiconductors

Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron Unveil Eteris

By Kevin Winston

Jul72014

Today Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron achieved another important milestone in our merger as we unveiled the new company name. Eteris™ is bold, speaks to what makes us unique, and is representative of our future together and what we aim to achieve.

Corporate Responsibility

Global Innovators Solving Critical Problems

By Siobhan Kenney

Nov152013

They bring passion, commitment and technological innovation to the streets of Mexico, the watersheds of India, and low income neighborhoods of Nigeria. They are providing clean drinking water to people living in poverty, educating underserved youth, and offering information to improve livelihoods of low-income farmers. They are using the power of technology to benefit humanity.

They are the ten 2013 Tech Laureates who were honored for creatively addressing some of the world’s most critical problems at the annual Tech Awards a gala event benefiting the Tech Museum of Innovation in Silicon Valley.

Corporate, Display, Emerging Technologies, Semiconductors, Solar

Accelerating the Innovation Pipeline

By Amaya Lopez

Sep172013

Applied Materials drives innovation in a variety of ways, including investing in internal R&D to continue to offer new products and technologies and collaborating with the world’s leading universities, research institutions, industry associations and consortia as well as government entities.

We’ve also developed internal programs to advance technology breakthroughs by encouraging and funding disruptive ideas that can accelerate product development.

Corporate, Semiconductors

Applied Materials’ Mike Splinter Discusses Latest Mobility Trends on FOX Business

By Kevin Winston

Sep132013

Applied Materials Executive Chairman Mike Splinter was interviewed by Liz Claman earlier this week as part of FOX Business’ “Three Days in the Valley” series. Mike explained how materials innovations are key to enabling the low power, high performance chips used in cutting-edge mobile products such as wearables and smartphones like those launched recently by Samsung and Apple.