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2026
Applied Materials launches EPIC Center in Sunnyvale, California with $5 billion initial investment
Applied Materials launched its Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialisation (EPIC) Center in Sunnyvale, California with an initial $5 billion capital investment. The 600,000-square-foot facility, featuring nearly four acres of advanced cleanroom space, opens with a founding roster of semiconductor majors including TSMC, Intel, SK Hynix, Micron and Samsung Electronics, alongside innovation partners Broadcom, Advantest, SCREEN, KIOXIA and Besi, and is designed to bring together chipmakers, systems companies, equipment vendors and university researchers to accelerate semiconductor process technology and equipment R&D.
2026
Applied Materials Appoints Qualcomm COO Akash Palkhiwala to Board of Directors
Applied Materials announced it has appointed Akash Palkhiwala, COO of Qualcomm Incorporated, to its board of directors, and he was also named a member of the board's audit committee.
2022
Applied Materials invests in Jingding
Jingding announced that Applied Materials, through its Taiwan subsidiary, subscribed for 8,117 privately placed new shares for approximately NT$1.706 billion. After settlement, Applied Materials was to hold about 8.45% of Jingding and become its second-largest shareholder.
2021
Italy vetoes acquisition of Applied Materials’ Italian screen-printing equipment business
The Italian government used its “Golden Power” law to veto Zhejiang Keesong Intelligent Equipment’s proposed acquisition of Applied Materials’ screen-printing equipment business in Italy, citing possible effects on Italy’s strategically important semiconductor industry.
2021
Applied Materials abandons Kokusai Electric acquisition
Applied Materials announced that it was abandoning its planned $3.5 billion acquisition of Kokusai Electric because Chinese regulators had not approved it, and would pay KKR a $154 million contract termination fee.
2020
STMicroelectronics launches the LaSAR Alliance
STMicroelectronics announced the launch of the LaSAR Alliance, an ecosystem of technology developers, suppliers and manufacturers collaborating to develop and accelerate augmented-reality smart-glass solutions. Founding members include Applied Materials, Dispelix, Mega1 and Osram.
2020
Applied Materials introduces Centris Sym3 Y etch system
Applied Materials announced the Centris Sym3 Y, a new conductor etch system for patterning advanced memory and logic chips. The article says the system was already being used by multiple leading customers worldwide.