Santa Clara semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer Applied Materials Inc says it will introduce a major new semiconductor production system on Monday, April 23, 1990, marking its entry into yet another growing market: it claims market leadership in three product technologies – chemical vapour deposition, dry plasma etch and epitaxial deposition, and says it is rapidly increasing its share in ion implantation; the company is now over the $500m mark in annual sales, and says its next target is $1,000m.
