AMAT (Applied Materials) an overview

AMAT (Applied Materials Corporation) is a global leader in semiconductors and display devices, founded in 1967 and headquartered in the United States. Its core business is to provide equipment, services and materials engineering solutions for the chip manufacturing, display and related industries. Here is an overview:

First, brand positioning and technical advantages

Industry position: AMAT is one of the largest semiconductor equipment manufacturers in the world, with a global semiconductor equipment market share of about 20%, and its products cover the entire chip manufacturing process.

Technology accumulation: With more than 55 years of technology precipitation, the number of patents reached 11,900, R&D investment accounted for about 12%-15%2021, long-term focus on material engineering innovation, promote chip performance improvement (such as PPACt™ optimization) 1.

Second, core product line

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment

Deposition equipment: physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), etc., for film material generation 14.

Etching and cleaning equipment: Dry etching (DRIE), wet cleaning equipment for wafer surface treatment 34.

Ion implantation and heat treatment: Ion implantation machine (IEP), rapid heat treatment equipment, control chip electrical performance 34.

Inspection and measurement: Defect detection, film thickness measurement equipment (such as KLA cooperation products) to ensure process accuracy 46.

Advanced technology layout: Participated in the research and development of EUV lithography technology, and developed cutting-edge products such as EUV Blank Mask.

Display equipment

Production equipment for LCD, OLED and other displays, such as sputtering equipment (such as AKTAristoTwin film chamber models) 64.

Services and Solutions

Provide global services such as equipment maintenance, process optimization, and support continuous improvement of semiconductor devices in terms of power consumption, performance, cost, etc. 14.

Third, market coverage and customers

Regional layout: Business throughout the world, China headquarters is located in Shanghai Zhangjiang, 1984 entered the Chinese market 14.

Core customers: Samsung, TSMC, Intel and other leading chip manufacturers 20, covering logic chips, memory, Foundry foundry and other fields 3.