Solar group in Applied Materials - Engineer Applied Materials Employee Review

4.0
Apr 17, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Applied has the best semiconductor tools in the world, and this is very useful for solar cell development. Other than this, Applied has very good technical support to do characterization for material and device.

Cons

Collaboration between product management and product development need to be improved. Solar is a kind of new business for applied. Applied need to find a good point to get into the game.

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Cons

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