Applied Materials
E233786
Applied Materials is a leading American corporation that supplies equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductors and other advanced electronic components.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Applied Materials canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2105834 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Applied Materials Context triple: [Sundar Pichai, employedBy, Applied Materials]
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A.
Lam Research
Lam Research is a leading American semiconductor equipment company that supplies wafer fabrication tools and services to chip manufacturers worldwide.
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B.
Micron Technology
Micron Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing memory and storage solutions, including DRAM and NAND flash products used in computers, mobile devices, and data centers.
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C.
TSMC
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, renowned for producing cutting-edge chips for major technology companies.
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D.
Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
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E.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Applied Materials Target entity description: Applied Materials is a leading American corporation that supplies equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductors and other advanced electronic components.
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A.
Lam Research
Lam Research is a leading American semiconductor equipment company that supplies wafer fabrication tools and services to chip manufacturers worldwide.
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B.
Micron Technology
Micron Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing memory and storage solutions, including DRAM and NAND flash products used in computers, mobile devices, and data centers.
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C.
TSMC
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, renowned for producing cutting-edge chips for major technology companies.
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D.
Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
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E.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corporation
ⓘ
public company ⓘ semiconductor equipment supplier ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| competesWith |
ASML
ⓘ
KLA Corporation ⓘ Lam Research ⓘ Tokyo Electron ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| customerType |
display panel manufacturers
ⓘ
foundries ⓘ integrated device manufacturers ⓘ memory chip manufacturers ⓘ |
| employs | thousands of employees worldwide ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
advanced materials engineering
ⓘ
nanomanufacturing technology ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
James C. Morgan
ⓘ
Michael A. McNeilly ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Applied Global Services
ⓘ
Display and Adjacent Markets ⓘ Emerging Technologies ⓘ Semiconductor Systems ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.appliedmaterials.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Santa Clara, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Clara, California
|
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| industry |
electronics manufacturing equipment
ⓘ
materials engineering ⓘ semiconductor equipment ⓘ |
| ISIN | US0382221051 ⓘ |
| keyProductArea |
chemical mechanical planarization equipment
ⓘ
deposition equipment ⓘ etch equipment ⓘ inspection and metrology tools ⓘ ion implantation equipment ⓘ lithography-related systems ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| notableCustomer |
Intel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel
Samsung ⓘ
surface form:
Samsung Electronics
TSMC ⓘ |
| offers |
display manufacturing equipment
ⓘ
equipment services and maintenance ⓘ manufacturing software ⓘ process control and metrology systems ⓘ semiconductor fabrication equipment ⓘ solar photovoltaic manufacturing equipment ⓘ |
| R&DLocation |
China
ⓘ
India ⓘ Israel ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| servesIndustry |
advanced packaging
ⓘ
electronics ⓘ flat panel display manufacturing ⓘ semiconductor manufacturing ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
equipment for advanced electronic components manufacturing
ⓘ
equipment for integrated circuit manufacturing ⓘ equipment for semiconductor wafer fabrication ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | AMAT ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Applied Materials Description of subject: Applied Materials is a leading American corporation that supplies equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductors and other advanced electronic components.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sundar Pichai