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Applied Materials (AMAT) stock is extending gains on Wednesday morning after the firm announced a breakthrough in transistor manufacturing.
On April 8, the semiconductor equipment manufacturer launched two new deposition systems — the Precision Selective Nitride PECVD and Trillium ALD — designed specifically for 2-nanometer and “angstrom-era” logic chips.