Applied Materials to increase strategic Investment in Besi November 06, 2026 Applied Materials is increasing its investment in BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (Besi), a Netherlands-based manufacturer of assembly equipment for the semiconductor industry, to approximately 20 percent of Besi’s outstanding shares.
Applied Materials opens $5 billion EPIC Center in Silicon Valley October 13, 2026 Applied Materials has unveiled its EPIC Center in Sunnyvale, California, where chipmakers, equipment suppliers and universities will develop new semiconductor processes alongside the company’s own engineers. TSMC, Intel, Samsung, SK hynix and Micron are among the founding partners.
KIOXIA joins Applied Materials' EPIC Center as memory makers line up September 30, 2026 Flash memory maker KIOXIA will join Applied Materials' EPIC Center in Silicon Valley as an innovation partner. It is the latest in a series of chipmakers to sign up.
Applied Materials opens $500 million manufacturing campus in Singapore June 11, 2026 Applied Materials has expanded its manufacturing and R&D operations in Singapore with the opening of the Tampines Campus, a USD 500 million facility that more than doubles the company's cleanroom capacity in the country. The campus is already operating at volume production.
TSMC joins Applied Materials' EPIC Center as founding partner May 14, 2026 Applied Materials has announced a new innovation partnership with TSMC at its EPIC Center in Silicon Valley, where the two companies will co-develop materials, equipment and process technologies for next-generation semiconductor devices. TSMC becomes the latest company to join the platform.
Advantest partners with Applied Materials, joins EPIC platform May 04, 2026 As the first automated test equipment (ATE) company to join the platform, Advantest will partner with Applied Materials to strengthen the links between front-end manufacturing technologies and back-end testing of chips and packages.
Applied Materials and SK hynix to collaborate on AI memory March 11, 2026 Applied Materials and SK hynix have signed a long-term research and development agreement aimed at accelerating the development of next-generation memory technologies for artificial intelligence systems.
Applied Materials and Micron to advance AI memory development March 10, 2026 Applied Materials and Micron Technology are teaming up to develop next-generation memory technologies for AI systems. The work will take place at Applied Materials’ EPIC Center in Silicon Valley and Micron’s research facility in Boise, Idaho.
Applied Materials to invest billions in new Silicon Valley R&D center May 22, 2023 Applied Materials says that it intends to build the world’s largest and most advanced facility for collaborative semiconductor process technology and manufacturing equipment R&D.
Trendforce: Korean quake won't influence panel industry much November 16, 2017 At 2:29 p.m. on November 15 of South Korea's local time (1:29 p.m. of Taiwan's local time), a 5.5-magnitude shock struck Korea's east coast.