In 1967, I received a transistor radio for a birthday present. This was pretty whiz-bang for the day. It was great because I could listen to New York Yankee games in my room. Little did I know back in the 60s that a new company was being born in California that I would work for someday. I say with great confidence that the device you are reading this post on has chips that have been processed in our equipment.

I have gone from transistor radios, to boom boxes to, to SONY Walkmans, to PDP11s, to PCs to desktops, to laptops, to flip phones and now smart phones. The information age is just getting started. AMAT has been a big part of all these transitions.

On November 10, 2017, AMAT turned 50 years old.

Also on this date, the AMAT-VSE deal closed in 2011.