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                                  EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated November 19, 1994, which appears on
page 47 of the 1994 Annual Report to Stockholders of Applied Materials, Inc.,
which is incorporated by reference in Applied Materials, Inc. Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended October 30, 1994.  We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules,
which appears on page 21 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.


PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
San Jose, California
May 19, 1995





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