Applied Materials says chipmaking is entering the 'atomic era'

US top chip tool maker sees no signs of slowdown in demand for AI computing

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Prabu Raja, president of Applied Materials' semiconductor products group, speaks at a company event held during the SEMICON West trade show in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Cheng Ting-Fang)

CHENG TING-FANG and YIFAN YU

PHOENIX, Arizona -- Applied Materials has unveiled its latest chipmaking equipment offering "atomic level" precision, as the U.S. supplier to TSMC, Intel and Samsung bets that demand for ever more powerful AI chips will continue to boom.

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