To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Tom Galvin +1-202-463-0013, ext. 201, for the Technology CEO Council ACEEE Report Released as Technology CEOs Call on Policymakers to Leverage Technology to Help Solve Nations Energy Challenges WASHINGTON, Feb.

By Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Sep. 6--One of the largest makers of semiconductor chip manufacturing equipment, Applied Materials, said Tuesday that it plans to aggressively pursue sales of equipment to make solar cells.

Aug. 17--Applied Materials on Tuesday reported that fiscal third-quarter sales and earnings declined as chip makers continued to spend less on semiconductor manufacturing equipment during an industrywide slowdown.