As a leading Information Age company, Applied Materials is frequently recognized as the industry leader and an employer of choice. Featured are selected corporate and product related stories on Applied Materials which have appeared in the press. There is also a list of archived features available.
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| Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine highlights Applied Materials as an investment opportunity for those seeking to invest in clean technology, and adds Applied to the "Kiplinger Green 25."
Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, September 12, 2007
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| Forbes Magazine identifies Applied Materials as a solar technology leader and one of the companies helping make solar viable by lowering the cost per watt and making solar power a significant alternative source of global energy.
Forbes, August 16, 2007
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Five of Shanghai's brightest students visited Applied Materials as part of the Future Science Star program, an Applied-sponsored competition that recognizes the most outstanding young people in the field of science and technology in Shanghai.
Ming Pao Daily News, July 10, 2007
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The cost of flat-screen TVs has plummeted in just a few years, so Applied Materials CEO Mike Splinter sees no reason why the same can't happen with solar energy panels.
U.S. News & World Report, June 17, 2007
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Report highlights Applied Materials’ activities in the community, demonstrating the Company’s dedication to corporate social responsibility.
Applied Materials, October 2007
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While the semiconductor industry has boomed for the past decade, the range of opportunities available in the field has grown just as rapidly. Read how an Applied Materials electrical engineer came upon this dynamic career.
Woman Engineer Magazine, Spring, 2007
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Silicon Valley is looking to become clean and green—and it could turn into the region's next big high-tech push.
The Christian Science Monitor, May 11, 2007
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| Applied Materials' move into the solar market promises to lower the cost of solar electricity by standardizing and improving the solar manufacturing process, much as the company did for the semiconductor industry.
Business 2.0, August 22, 2007
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Applied Materials has hit the ground running in the solar market, and so far, Applied is toppling its own growth projections for machines that produce solar panels for homes, businesses, and farms.
MarketWatch, May 16, 2007
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In conventional chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) technology, a passivation layer formed on a copper surface by an oxidizer and then an inhibitor is removed by polishing. With electrochemical mechanical polishing (ECMP) technology, electrical charge is used to facilitate the planarization process. The passivation film formed, bonds weakly to the copper surface and is easy to remove with a minimum of downforce. Ecmp therefore, has the potential to deliver higher planarization efficiency than conventional CMP, independent of downforce.
Semiconductor International, May 1, 2007
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