Applied Materials and KIOXIA Partner at the EPIC Center to Advance Next-Generation Memory Technology
Key Highlights
- ➤KIOXIA joins Applied Materials’ (AMAT) EPIC Center as an innovation partner
- ➤Companies target advanced memory structures and chip stacking for AI performance
- ➤$5 billion EPIC Center investment scales over time as customer projects commence
- ➤EPIC Center operationally ready this year to accelerate semiconductor technology commercialization
Expert Statements
Gary Dickerson, President and CEO of Applied Materials
“AI infrastructure requires memory solutions that can deliver dramatically higher density, greater bandwidth and improved energy efficiency.”
Hiroo Ota, President and CEO of KIOXIA Corporation
“At KIOXIA, we have always believed that the possibility of memory is defined by the ability to stretch the boundaries of materials and process innovation.”
Hiroo Ota, President and CEO of KIOXIA Corporation
“Our collaboration with Applied Materials reflects our shared commitment to driving memory innovation, and we are excited to partner at the EPIC Center to achieve advanced breakthroughs.”
Dr. Prabu Raja, President of the Semiconductor Products Group at Applied Materials
“Memory is at the center of the AI innovation roadmap, and the challenges of increasing memory density while managing cost and complexity require breakthroughs across materials, equipment and process technology.”
Dr. Prabu Raja, President of the Semiconductor Products Group at Applied Materials
“We look forward to partnering with KIOXIA at the EPIC Center, where our teams will drive advances in AI memory through deep co-innovation.”
Minori Kajimoto, General Manager of Advanced Memory Development at KIOXIA
“Partnering with Applied Materials at the EPIC Center gives us a unique environment to tackle the hardest challenges in next-generation memory.”
Minori Kajimoto, General Manager of Advanced Memory Development at KIOXIA
“By having top innovators from KIOXIA and Applied Materials working side by side, we aim to accelerate the commercialization of breakthroughs in memory and packaging technologies that achieve new levels of integration and performance for AI computing.”
* Companies will collaborate to develop advanced memory structures, chip stacking technologies and materials engineering innovations to increase AI memory performance * KIOXIA joins Applied Materials’ growing EPIC Center ecosystem, which includes chipmakers, chip designers, equipment partners and universities SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Materials, Inc., the leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor industry, today announced that KIOXIA Corporation, a leading global supplier of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs), will join Applied’s EPIC Center in Silicon Valley as an innovation partner to advance next-generation memory technologies. The companies will work together at the EPIC Center on advanced memory-cell and structure creation, multi-chip stacking architectures, and new materials engineering approaches designed to increase memory density and performance for the AI era.
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