Applied Materials

APPLIED MATERIALS ANNOUNCES CASH DIVIDEND SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per share payable on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on Sept. 15, 2022 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 25, 2022. The quarterly cash dividend is a key component of Applied’s capital allocation strategy. In the second quarter of fiscal 2022, Applied returned $2.01 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. The company had approximately $7.4 billion remaining in its share buyback authorization at the end of that period. About Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible a better future. Learn more at www.ap

New Ways to Shrink: Further EUV Scaling Depends on Materials Engineering and Metrology Breakthroughs by Regina Freed Apr 14, 2022 A Brief History of 2D Scaling Traditional Moore’s Law 2D scaling defined the chip industry’s technology roadmap for more than half a century. In the Dennard scaling era through around the year 2000, we reduced transistor sizes by 50% every two years. We shrunk the gate that controls the on-off state of the transistor, and its length defined the node: 90nm, 65nm, and so on. We scaled the gate oxide proportionately, and chipmakers enjoyed simultaneous improvements in performance, power and area-cost—or “PPAC.” Looking back, progress was easy!