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, 1999 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 1999 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 31,
1999. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
November 17, 1999 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in
such Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Jose, California
April 18, 2000