Applied Materials Inc. has announced a major investment with the launch of its new $5 billion EPIC Center in Silicon Valley, the largest-ever U.S. investment in advanced semiconductor equipment research and development. The EPIC (Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization) Center will serve as a global hub for collaborative R&D, aiming to accelerate the commercialization of breakthrough semiconductor technologies. Samsung Electronics will join Applied Materials at the EPIC Center, deepening their partnership through joint R&D programs focused on materials engineering innovations, advanced node scaling, future memory architectures, and extreme 3D integration. This initiative is designed to significantly shorten the time from early-stage research to full-scale manufacturing of advanced chips.

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