Applied Materials' customers include Samsung Group, ASM International, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Elpida Memory, Inotera Memories, Photronics, Powerchip Semiconductor and Semiconductor Manufacturing International, according to Revere Data.

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Although the maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment originally guided for quarterly results between breakeven and 4 cents a share, Applied Materials said the original forecast didn't account for charges, which weren't known at the time.

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