EPIC Center (Silicon Valley R&D center)
Under construction; Samsung joined as the first founding member in February 2026, and the company says it will be operational in 2026.
What it is
A roughly $5 billion R&D center in Silicon Valley for chip-process and equipment development with customers and partners. It targets materials engineering and process technologies for advanced logic and memory, including atomic-scale patterning, etch and deposition.
Why it matters to the stock. Customer co-development at EPIC is how Applied tries to keep its tools in next-generation logic and memory roadmaps. Samsung joining is the first named founding partner.
News
Applied Materials unveils $5B EPIC Center in Sunnyvale with TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron and SK hynix as founders
Applied Materials unveiled its EPIC Center on October 12, 2026, at its Sunnyvale, California campus.
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering joins Applied Materials' EPIC Center as a research partner
UCLA's Samueli School of Engineering joins Applied Materials' EPIC Center as a research partner, focusing on 3D chip scaling, advanced packaging and new materials for energy-efficient AI compute.
Applied Materials and Intel collaborate on transistors, interconnects and advanced packaging for AI chips
Applied Materials and Intel will work together to speed up development of next-generation transistors, interconnects and advanced packaging for AI chips.
Besi joins Applied Materials' EPIC Center as innovation partner in an expanded packaging partnership
Applied Materials and BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) expanded their partnership, and Besi joined Applied's EPIC Center in Silicon Valley as an innovation partner.
UC Berkeley joins Applied Materials' EPIC Center as a research collaborator
The University of California, Berkeley will work alongside Applied Materials' scientists and engineers at the EPIC Center in Silicon Valley.
TSMC joins Applied's EPIC Center as a founding partner
TSMC joined Applied Materials' EPIC Center in Silicon Valley as a founding partner, and the two companies will co-develop materials, equipment and process technologies for leading-edge logic.
Advantest joins Applied's EPIC platform as innovation partner, the first test-equipment company to do so
Advantest, a maker of automated test equipment, joined Applied's EPIC platform as an innovation partner, making it the first test-equipment company to join.
SK hynix becomes EPIC Center founding partner in long-term DRAM and HBM R&D deal
Applied and SK hynix signed a long-term R&D agreement to speed up next-generation DRAM and high-bandwidth memory for AI systems.
Applied Materials and Micron partner on next-generation AI memory at EPIC Center
Applied and Micron will develop next-generation DRAM, high-bandwidth memory and NAND for AI systems.
Samsung Electronics joins Applied's $5 billion EPIC Center as first founding member
Applied Materials said Samsung Electronics will join its EPIC Center in Silicon Valley as the first founding member.