EX-24. 2 rrd63664_71779.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine Mesina and Mary Zeigler, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

		(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of
Applied Materials, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

		(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment(s) thereto,
 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

		(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

		The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
24th day of March, 2005.



								/s/ Gilad Almogy
								Gilad Almogy