Applied Materials (AMAT) Offering Possible 7.3% Return Over the Next 7 Calendar Days

Applied Materials's most recent trend suggests a bullish bias. One trading opportunity on Applied Materials is a Bull Put Spread using a strike $85.00 short put and a strike $80.00 long put offers a potential 7.3% return on risk over the next 7 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bull Put Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were above $85.00 by expiration. The full premium credit of $0.34 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $4.66 would be incurred if the stock dropped below the $80.00 long put strike price.

The 5-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the short-term momentum for Applied Materials is bullish and the probability of a rise in share price is higher if the stock starts trending.

The 20-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the medium-term momentum for Applied Materials is bullish.

The RSI indicator is at 78.83 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.

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LATEST NEWS for Applied Materials

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Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:58:00 +0000
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Applied Materials Appoints Rani Borkar to Board of Directors
Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:05:00 +0000
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Materials, Inc. today announced Rani Borkar will join its Board of Directors effective Dec. 14. Ms. Borkar brings decades of expertise in semiconductor design and computing systems development to Applied and will serve on the Board’s Strategy and Investment Committee.“Rani is a well-respected technology leader and product visionary, and we look forward to her contributions as we drive growth and build long-term shareholder value for Applied Materials,” said Tom Iannotti, Chairman of the Board of Applied Materials. “Her experience in chip design and cloud computing provide valuable insights as Applied looks to expand its ecosystem engagements from materials to systems.”Ms. Borkar is currently Corporate Vice President, Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure at Microsoft Corporation. In this role she leads the core organizations building Microsoft’s leading cloud computing platform, including silicon, systems and supply chain. Ms. Borkar has extensive experience in cutting-edge semiconductor design having served in engineering and executive roles at IBM Corporation and Intel Corporation. At Intel, where she spent 27 years of her career, Ms. Borkar was most recently Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Product Development Group, overseeing all processor and System-on-a-Chip (SoC) development for PC clients, servers, phones and tablets.Ms. Borkar is a member of the board for the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) and serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees at Oregon State University to help guide the state’s effort to advance economic development and innovation. She holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in physics from the University of Mumbai, India and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Oregon Graduate Center. Ms. Borkar also holds an Executive Program in Leadership (LEAD) certificate from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.About Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible the technology shaping the future. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.Contact: Ricky Gradwohl (editorial/media) 408.235.4676 Michael Sullivan (financial community) 408.986.7977

Think Silicon Announces a New Scalable Multi-Core GPU Product Suite with Extended Graphics and Video Functionality
Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000
The NEMA® pico XS and NEMA® pico XL Multi-Core GPU IP-Series Now shipping to customers, the NEMA® pico IP-Series from Think Silicon provides cost-effective scalable hardware solutions with high-performance graphics to a wide range of applications.ATHENS, Greece and SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Think Silicon S.A., the leading provider of ultra-low power GPU IP for embedded systems, today announced it is shipping its updated NEMA® pico XS and NEMA pico XL Multi-Core GPU IP-Series to customers. The series offers architectural innovation that brings performance graphics rendering to the smallest and most power-conservative embedded display devices. Additionally, customers have the benefit of implementing multicore configurations, vector graphics and video overlay functionality. Think Silicon offers a full complement of NEMA pico GPU IP to meet the needs of the growing embedded graphics market. Embedded systems customers now have access to the most flexible, versatile, high-performance and ultra-low power GPU platform in the market designed for a wide variety of devices from MCUs (microcontroller unit) to crossover processor SoCs (System-on-a-Chip). “The insatiable demand and expectation for visually compelling and rich displays is growing exponentially in the workplace and at home,” said Ulli Mueller, Director of IP Licensing and Marketing at Think Silicon. “The breadth and capabilities of the NEMA pico product family is groundbreaking, providing customers the ability to create captivating visual experiences with ultra-low power GPUs. We are excited to deliver these remarkable products to the industry and look forward to continuing to expand our offering of ultra-low power lightweight graphics solutions.”NEMA pico XS, with a silicon area of only 0.1mm2, the industry’s lowest CPU utilization of less than 5% and GPU power consumption under 1mW, is designed for devices where CPU, on-chip memory, battery and bandwidth are very limited. It is optimized to work with MCUs (ARM® M class, ARC® EM5D, RISC-V) on a bare metal / RTOS, with clock frequencies as low as 10MHz up to 250MHz and provides ~60 fps. The tiny graphics library is as small as 30k Bytes fitting into the smallest on-chip DDR or flash memory. The NEMA GFX software driver stack, SDK and toolkit provides an easy to use programming environment with aggressive power savings, intelligent composition, rendering and bandwidth optimizations for customers to build an appealing ultra-low power graphical user experience for smart watches, thermostats and other Internet of Things (IoT) products that require lower power displays with graphics support.With the NEMA pico IP-Series, Think Silicon provides cost-effective scalable hardware solutions without compromising graphics performance. The NEMA pico GPU processors offload the heavy lifting graphics capabilities freeing the CPU to perform more essential tasks while still operating within low power requirements.The NEMA pico XL 2.5D multicore GPU is available in three configurations – the pico XL 1000 (one core), pico XL 2000 (two cores) and pico XL 4000 (four cores) – with clock frequencies from 100MHz to 700MHz, ~70-130 fps and a tiny silicon area from 0.21mm2 – 0.71mm2 and power consumption as low as 2mW.Now shipping to customers, the NEMA pico IP-Series is designed for a wide variety of applications including mid- to high-end wearables and embedded IoT display and camera products ranging from 1.5” to 10” with 1024×768 resolution, such as multiple smart sport/fitness watches, smart speakers, appliances, cameras, A/V systems, entertainment systems, industrial displays and client/server video overlay platforms.Customers who choose the NEMA pico XL-Series can add additional extensions: * The Vector Graphics Extension allows executing fast and precise resolution-independent rendering tasks for maps, fonts or rounded geometries such as circular displays by supporting different path segment types (Lines, Quadratic Beziers, Elliptical Arcs), paint (Color fill, Gradient, Texture) and path rendering (Fill, Blend, Stoke, etc.). * The Video Overlay Extension enables video functions using the GPU cores to accelerate video operations such as video composition and overlaying, color space and format conversions by complementing the usual GPU raster operations (e.g. filling, blitting, affine projective transformation, blending, color keying, etc.). These functions can be used in combination in surveillance cameras and server/client video processing/composition environments for video watermarking, video subtitling, AI video tasks, image labeling and digital signage. These two extensions are now available to customers with additional extensions anticipated in Q1 2021 to achieve increased graphics and video functionality.The NEMA pico IP-Series is available now in RTL Verilog HDL code. It supports AMBA interfaces and embeds DMA controllers with command list for minimal CPU overhead. Drivers supported include: FreeRTOS, Linux OS, bare metal C library for OS-less systems, NEMA GFX API-library in C, acceleration driver for third-party backend graphic APIs, configurator tool, verification suite, scripts for STA, synthesis, formality, etc.For more information about NEMA pico XS-XL Series, please visit: www.think-silicon.com.About Think Silicon Think Silicon Research and Technology S.A., an Applied Materials company, is a leading provider of ultra-low power 2D & 3D Graphics, AI and Video IP for smart IoT/edge connected end nodes such as display and camera devices and embedded systems. At Think Silicon our innovation enables the rapid deployment of multitude applications on resource-constrained devices while significantly improving battery life to shape a more sustainable future in graphics, vision and AI processing. Think Silicon Research and Technology S.A.’s headquarters and development center are based in Athens and Patras Greece, with sales and technical support offices in North America, Europe and Taiwan. THINK SILICON and NEMA are registered trademarks of Think Silicon Research and Technology S.A. Other names are for information purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2953f7e1-4077-4e8c-975f-163390e0f052

Applied Materials Stock Seen Gaining From Chip-Gear Spending Growth
Mon, 07 Dec 2020 21:16:54 +0000
Applied Materials is poised to be an outsize winner as semiconductor equipment spending rises next year, a Wall Street analyst said in a report. AMAT stock hit a record high on Monday.

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Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:24:23 +0000
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