Applied Materials is a leading provider of equipment, services, and software for the semiconductor and display manufacturing industries. The company specializes in a range of technologies that enable the fabrication of advanced materials and components, crucial for powering devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers. Through its innovative solutions, Applied Materials helps manufacturers improve their production processes, enhance the performance of their products, and drive advancements in electronics, renewable energy, and other high-tech sectors. The company's commitment to research and development positions it at the forefront of the ever-evolving landscape of materials engineering and chip manufacturing. Read More
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering will join the company’s EPIC Center in Silicon Valley as a research partner. Together with Applied’s scientists and engineers, UCLA researchers will work to solve semiconductor materials and integration challenges with a focus on shortening the time it takes to bring breakthrough research to commercialization.
Applied Materials has nearly closed a once-wide revenue gap, posting consecutive quarterly gains while Qualcomm's latest results show a marked slowdown.
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Applied Materials posted accelerating revenue in early 2026, while Marvell maintained steady growth — a divergence that could reshape their competitive positioning.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT), the leader in materials engineering for the semiconductor industry, today announced it is working with Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) to accelerate development of chipmaking innovations for next-generation transistors, interconnects and advanced packaging technologies. The collaboration will bring together cutting-edge capabilities from Applied’s EPIC Center in Silicon Valley and Intel’s R&D campus in Hillsboro, Oregon to shorten time-to-market of advanced semiconductor technologies essential to AI computing.
AMD grew far faster than Applied Materials in 2025, but its stock carries a richer valuation and potential dilution from warrants issued to two large AI customers.
Broadcom has locked-in AI revenue commitments from the world's largest tech companies, while Applied Materials offers broad chip equipment exposure across the semiconductor manufacturing build-out.
One holds a near-monopoly on advanced chip printing, while the other supplies the broader toolkit. Their financial profiles and risk exposures diverge sharply.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. and DUIVEN, The Netherlands, Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) and BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (Besi) (Euronext Amsterdam: BESI) today announced an expansion of their longstanding strategic partnership, with Besi joining Applied's EPIC Center as an Innovation Partner. The collaboration builds on the companies’ joint development program launched in 2020 and extends co-innovation beyond hybrid bonding into new interconnect architectures and applications supporting the semiconductor industry's AI-driven scaling roadmap.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc., the leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor industry, today announced that KIOXIA Corporation, a leading global supplier of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs), will join Applied’s EPIC Center in Silicon Valley as an innovation partner to advance next-generation memory technologies. The companies will work together at the EPIC Center on advanced memory-cell and structure creation, multi-chip stacking architectures, and new materials engineering approaches designed to increase memory density and performance for the AI era.
Nightfood Holdings (OTCQB: NGTF), operating as TechForce Robotics, is targeting the growing semiconductor automation and advanced-packaging market through its majority-owned TechForce Advanced Manufacturing subsidiary. The venture plans to scale production of automated Wafer Sorter and Automated Optical Inspection systems for 8-inch and 12-inch silicon wafers, with first production and revenue targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
