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. Engineers from both companies will work at Applied's EPIC Center in Silicon Valley and at Micron's research facility in Boise, Idaho. The announcement carries no financial terms, so it is a technology partnership rather than a new equipment order.

• Covers DRAM, HBM and NAND for AI systems
• Work split between the EPIC Center and Micron's Boise, Idaho research facility
• Covers materials, process technologies, device architectures and advanced packaging
• No financial terms disclosed
• Micron calls it a lab-to-fab pipeline for US memory innovation