Applied Materials Inc. AMAT, -3.75% said Monday that it has appointed former Xilinx executive Brice Hill to serve as its chief financial officer. Hill was most recently the CFO at Xilinx, which was acquired by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, -3.19% , and he held prior stints at Intel Corp. INTC, +0.29% and General Motors Co. GM, -5.57%.