Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software for the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through the following segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment includes semiconductor capital equipment for etch, rapid thermal processing, deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, metrology and inspection, wafer packaging, and ion implantation. The Applied Global Services segment provides solutions to optimize equipment, performance, and productivity. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays, organic light-emitting diodes, equipment upgrades, and other display technologies for televisions, displays, laptops, personal computers, smartphones, and other consumer-oriented devices. The company was founded on November 10, 1967, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.