Applied Materials
Applied Materials makes the process equipment and materials-engineering systems semiconductor manufacturers use to fabricate chips, including advanced logic, memory (HBM/DRAM), and packaging systems built for AI chip production.
AI tierAI-poweredAI is real and material, but the business is not AI.
AI layerBuilds AISells AI itself: models, chips, tools, infrastructure.
In AustinOffice hereSince 1992
Why: Applied Materials is a semiconductor-equipment maker (not AI-native itself) that builds the process tools (deposition, CMP, epi, packaging systems) used to fabricate AI logic/memory chips, so it builds AI-enabling infrastructure but its core business predates and extends beyond AI.
Austin offices
- Austin Campus (Harris Branch / Buildings 30-37, largest manufacturing & logistics site)Building 34 / Harris Branch Campus9700 US-290, Austin, TX 78724Opened 1992
- Howard Lane facility (Building 45B, manufacturing support)Building 45B710 W Howard Lane, Austin, TX 78753Opened 1992