Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor capital equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, and other equipment and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices and solar energy cells. It focused on device innovations for chipmakers serving ICAPS markets. The company operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe, and internationally. Applied Materials, Inc. was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
