EXHIBIT 24.1

                                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

            The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine Mesina and Mary Zeigler, signing 
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
                 
            (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director of 
Applied Materials, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
 
            (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or 
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment(s) thereto, and 
timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or 
similar authority; and
                 
            (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion 
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, 
it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant 
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
 
            The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and 
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any 
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could 
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all 
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to 
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned 
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the 
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply 
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
            This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer 
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities 
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing 
attorneys-in-fact.
 
            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 13th 
day of June 2006. 
                                                                  /s/ Robert H. Brust
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                                                                     Robert H. Brust