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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 17, 1998, except as to Note
14, which is dated as of December 23, 1998, which appears on page 66 of the 1998
Annual Report to Stockholders of Applied Materials, Inc., which is incorporated
by reference in Applied Materials, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended October 25, 1998. We also consent to the incorporation by reference
of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on page 19 of
such Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Jose, California
January 20, 1999



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