EPIC Center
Silicon Valley

On May 22, 2023, Applied Materials announced a landmark investment to build the world’s largest and most advanced facility for collaborative semiconductor process technology and manufacturing equipment R&D at an Applied campus in Silicon Valley.

The Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization (EPIC) Center Silicon Valley is planned as the heart of a high-velocity innovation platform designed to accelerate development and commercialization of the foundational technologies needed by the global semiconductor and computing industries.

Applied’s EPIC Center in Silicon Valley represents the largest-ever U.S. investment in advanced semiconductor equipment R&D and is designed from the ground up to dramatically reduce the time it takes to commercialize breakthrough technologies from early-stage research to full-scale manufacturing. It does this by increasing speed, accuracy and efficiency through tighter collaboration and faster cycles of learning.

The EPIC Center Silicon Valley will open in 2026.

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During the May 2023 EPIC Center announcement, leaders from semiconductor and computing companies, along with major universities, shared their thoughts about the importance of this facility and how semiconductor chips are more critical to the global economy than ever before.

Semiconductor and Computing Companies

AMD  Video Message

AMD
Lisa Su
Chair and Chief Executive Officer

NVIDIA Video Message

NVIDIA
Jensen Huang
Co-founder,
President and Chief Executive Officer

Samsung Video Message

Samsung
Jaihyuk Song
Corporate President and CTO of Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions Business

To watch more leaders share their thoughts, please visit: 2023 EPIC Center Announcement.