1979-1967: The Early Years


1979
Sales:$41.9M
R and D: $5.4M
Patents:5
  • Established Applied Materials Japan
1978
Sales:$27.8M
R and D: $3.6M
Patents:3
1977
Sales:$23.7M
R and D: $2M
Patents:6
  • James C. Morgan named chief executive officer
1976
Sales:$16.9M
R and D: $1.2M
Patents:7
  • First commercial plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system
1975
Sales:$13.1M
R and D: $1.3M
Patents:8
  • Established Great Western Silicon, a joint venture with Fairchild to produce the polycrystalline silicon used to make silicon wafers
1974
Sales:$28.9M
R and D: $1.4M
Patents:10
  • Moved into Building 1, a new facility on Bowers Avenue in Santa Clara, California, and consolidated all company activities under one roof
1973
Sales:$18.3M
R and D: $992K
Patents:3
  • Launched the In-Source 1500 physical vapor deposition system, a radio frequency inductive-heated source for evaporated aluminum
1972
Sales:$6.3M
R and D: $687K
Patents:3
  • Announced the company's first public stock offering
1971
Sales:$4.1M
R and D: $707K
Patents:4
  • Launched the AMC 740 Isomax, the first commercial epitaxial reactor Japan
  • Opened first office in Europe
1970
Sales:$7.3M
Patents:5
  • First commercial production system for depositing films used in LED displays
1969
  • First radiantly-heated chemical vapor deposition reactor produced to build semiconductors
1968
  • Entered the chemical vapor deposition market with the AMS 2600 Silox reactor, the first commercial system for depositing a thin film of silicon dioxide onto the surface of a wafer
  • Introduced the AMV 800D vertical epitaxial reactor system, enabling processing of eight two-inch wafers at a time
1967
  • Began in a small industrial unit in Mountain View, California

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