Applied Materials, the world's second-largest chip-equipment maker, has operated in India since 2002. Its Bengaluru teams design and validate tools used in fab…
Michael McNeilly and four partners founded Applied Materials to supply chemical vapor deposition systems and materials to early chipmakers. It is now the world's second-…
Applied set up its Indian subsidiary for Bengaluru's engineering talent. It grew from engineering support to product design, simulation, testing and validation.
Sponsored projects grew into India's first university facility with 200-mm fab tools and a semiconductor manufacturing certification programme.
Three-year programmes on wear-, corrosion- and plasma-resistant coatings for tool parts. Longer-lasting coatings mean fewer particles and fewer defects.
A USD 400 million, four-year plan for a Bengaluru centre where Applied, suppliers and universities co-develop equipment. Projected 500+ engineering jobs.
At SemiconIndia 2023 Applied said more than 40 suppliers and academic institutions had engaged, to test and qualify parts on its equipment.
Commissioned by Ashwini Vaishnaw, it processes 300-mm wafers to design, test and qualify equipment. A first for private industry in India. It is not a commercial fab.
A Tamil Nadu MoU for an AI and data science centre in Chennai (500+ jobs pledged), and ASCENT research with IIT Kharagpur, Hyderabad and Gandhinagar.
Applied became the largest shareholder of Dutch firm Besi to co-develop hybrid bonding, key for AI chips. India's first chip plants are packaging plants.
A new workplace at International Tech Park Bengaluru joined the validation centre, a Class 1K cleanroom and the Chennai AI centre.
The ₹1,27,500 crore Semicon 2.0 adds machines and materials, design, R&D and talent. Five of 12 approved units were producing by September.
At SEMICON India 2026 Applied pledged USD 5 billion over ten years: a proposed 140-acre research park, 10x India supply-chain capacity by 2035, and more talent.
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