With a planned investment of about $5 billion, Applied Materials is sparing no expense on this R&D center.
Unveiled on October 12, EPIC brings together manufacturers such as TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix, enabling teams working on materials, equipment, and chips to develop in parallel.
When it was announced in 2023, the plan was to invest up to $4 billion over the next seven years. The figure now stands at about $5 billion, to be invested gradually as customer projects progress.
There’s still a long way to go from lab results to stable mass production in factories. When looking at AI, it’s easy to overlook these hardware engineering projects, which are both costly and slow.
Unveiled on October 12, EPIC brings together manufacturers such as TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix, enabling teams working on materials, equipment, and chips to develop in parallel.
When it was announced in 2023, the plan was to invest up to $4 billion over the next seven years. The figure now stands at about $5 billion, to be invested gradually as customer projects progress.
There’s still a long way to go from lab results to stable mass production in factories. When looking at AI, it’s easy to overlook these hardware engineering projects, which are both costly and slow.