Applied Materials opens $5B chip R&D center in Silicon Valley

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Applied Materials Unveils $5 Billion EPIC Center in Silicon Valley to Accelerate Semiconductor Innovation for the AI Era

October 12, 2026 4:30 PM EDT

$5 billion investment creates the worlds largest semiconductor equipment and process technology R&D facilityPurpose-built to accelerate the path from breakthrough innovation to high-volume manufacturing of next-generation chipmaking technologiesLeading chipmakers, systems companies, equipment partners and research universities have committed to develop inside EPIC

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc., the leader in materials engineering for the semiconductor industry, today unveiled its Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization (EPIC) Center, a $5 billion capital investment* to build the worlds largest facility dedicated to collaborative semiconductor process technology and... More