AMAT Still Largest PV Solar Equipment Supplier

Applied Materials (Applied or AMAT), has been recognised as the
largest supplier of photovoltaic (PV) solar manufacturing equipment in 2011 by
VLSIresearch, a market research firm located in Santa Clara, California.

This is the fourth consecutive year that Applied has been ranked
number one in revenue in the PV solar market, and fiscal 2011 represented its
third year of achieving more than $1 billion in sales in this market.

"Applied Materials is pleased to play a leading role in
driving down the cost of PV solar," said Dr. Mark Pinto, executive vice
president and general manager of Applied's Energy and Environmental Solutions
business group. "I would like to recognise and thank the Applied team for
its continued focus on developing products and services to help increase
conversion efficiency and increase yield to lower manufacturing costs for our
customers."

Applied currently supports over 1,800 solar manufacturing systems,
including screen printing, precision wafering, ion implantation and thin film
deposition equipment at more than 200 customer sites worldwide through its
Applied Global Services division. Applied also provides factory automation
software and service solutions for optimising solar cell efficiency and factory
operations.