Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:12pm EDT
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Applied Materials reported lower quarterly revenue because of a fall in demand for its equipment used in manufacturing chips.
Net income fell to $168 million, or 14 cents per share, in the third quarter, from $218 million, or 17 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the company earned 18 cents per share.
Revenue fell 16 percent to $1.98 billion in the quarter ended July 28.
Applied Materials supplies to companies including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd.
Shares of the company were down 2 percent at $14.97 in extended trading. (Reporting by Neha Alawadhi and Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das)
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