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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SPLINTER MICHAEL R   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE [AMAT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., PO BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AVE, M/S 2023 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/19/2007 (Street) SANTA CLARA, CA 95054 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/19/2007   F   57,189 (1) D $ 17.59 937,525 (2) (3) D   Common Stock               300,000 I Revocable Trust Common Stock               251.731 (4) I By the 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SPLINTER MICHAEL R C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. PO BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AVE, M/S 2023 SANTA CLARA, CA 95054	X		President and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact		12/21/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares that were automatically withheld to cover tax withholding obligations in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.
(2)	Number of shares includes (a) 112,500 shares of restricted stock previously reported that are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 12/19/08 (subject to continued employment), (b) 100,000 shares of restricted stock previously reported that, provided specified performance goals are achieved, are scheduled to vest no earlier than in four equal annual installments beginning 12/19/08 (subject to continued employment), and (c) 637,500 performance shares (or restricted stock units) previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc.(Continued for Footnote 3)
(3)	common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: 25,000 performance shares are scheduled to vest in two equal annual installments beginning 8/31/08; 262,500 performance shares are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 12/19/08; and, provided specified performance goals are achieved, 350,000 performance shares are scheduled to vest no earlier than in four equal annual installments beginning 12/19/08 (all vesting is subject to continued employment).
(4)	Increased number of shares reflects periodic allocation of accrued interest (which interest was automatically converted into shares) to all participants under 401(k) Plan that are exempt under Rule 16b-3.

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