New Applied Materials R&D Center to Help Customers Overcome Moore’s Law Challenges
November 15 2018 - 2:30PM
Applied Materials, Inc. today announced plans for the Materials
Engineering Technology Accelerator (META Center), a major expansion
of the company’s R&D capabilities aimed at creating new ways
for Applied and its customers to drive innovation as classic
Moore’s Law scaling becomes more challenging.
The primary goal of the META Center is to speed customer
availability of new chipmaking materials and process technologies
that enable breakthroughs in semiconductor performance, power and
cost. The new center will complement and extend the capabilities of
Applied’s Maydan Technology Center in Silicon Valley.
The META Center will be a hub for innovation, delivering on a
call to action by Applied CEO Gary Dickerson for increased
collaboration and speed across the technology ecosystem.
“Realizing the full potential of Artificial Intelligence and Big
Data will require significant improvements in performance, power
consumption and cost both at the edge and in the cloud,” said Gary
Dickerson, president and CEO of Applied Materials. “The industry
needs new computing architectures and chips enabled by innovative
materials and scaling approaches. The META Center creates a
new platform for working with customers to accelerate innovation
from materials to systems.”
Scheduled to open in 2019, the META Center will be a
first-of-its kind facility, spanning 24,000 square feet of
cleanroom. It will be furnished with a broad suite of Applied’s
most advanced process systems along with complementary technologies
needed for new chip materials and structures to be piloted for
high-volume production at customer sites.
To be located at the State University of New York Polytechnic
Institute (SUNY Poly) campus in Albany, New York, the META Center
will be created under agreements to be entered into with New York
State, The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
and SUNY Poly, that have been approved by the Empire State
Development Board of Directors and are subject to further approval
by The New York State Public Authorities Control Board.
“SUNY Poly provides an ideal combination of infrastructure,
capabilities and talent in a thriving academic and entrepreneurial
setting with deep roots in the semiconductor industry,” said Steve
Ghanayem, senior vice president of New Markets and Alliances at
Applied Materials. “The technology ecosystem will benefit from the
acceleration of materials innovation through collaboration at the
META Center.”
Industry Comments
According to Samsung R&D, “We value our collaboration with
Applied Materials on process development. The industry needs new
innovations beyond traditional device scaling including the
exploration of new materials. We are very pleased to see Applied
Materials’ effort to expand its advanced R&D capabilities to
provide added resources to customers and accelerate chip
development.”
“TSMC welcomes closer collaboration with critical suppliers like
Applied Materials in both equipment and materials,” said J.K. Lin,
TSMC’s Vice President of Information Technology and Risk Management
& Materials Management. “Working together to accelerate the
industry’s innovation and address high-growth opportunities is very
much in the spirit of TSMC’s Grand Alliance, the largest ecosystem
in the semiconductor industry.”
“IBM and Applied Materials have a long history of collaboration
in materials engineering to advance semiconductor industry
breakthroughs,” said Dr. Mukesh V. Khare, IBM Research Vice
President. “AI is one of the biggest opportunities of our time and
will require innovations across materials, devices and
architectures. We are pleased to see Applied expanding its
capabilities to support the industry through the AI journey with
its new META Center in Albany, New York.”
“As complexity increases and costs rise, traditional device
scaling is slowing for the latest technology nodes,” said Tom
Caulfield, CEO GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “It's great to see Applied
Materials investing in a broad range of advanced R&D
capabilities to bring new and new combinations of materials into
chip manufacturing, and I look forward to our continued
collaborative efforts as we develop more differentiated solutions
for our clients.”
“Delivering the improvements in performance and efficiency that
allow Arm partners to continue to advance compute will mean
overcoming the challenges presented by scaling transistors and
interconnect in the deep nanometer process nodes,” said Greg Yeric,
fellow, Arm. “There are many novel ideas being explored in this
area, but the timeline from concept to production needs to be
accelerated, and the expansion of Applied Materials’ R&D
capabilities will help enable this research to advance at a faster
pace.”
“Applied Materials is the world leader in semiconductor process
and tools,” said Kurt Busch, CEO of Syntiant Corp. “We strongly
value our relationship with Applied Materials and look forward to
the benefits their latest technology will bring to breakthrough
edge device machine learning products.”
Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release
contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to
those regarding plans and expectations for the proposed research
and development facility, industry outlook and technology
requirements, the development of new materials and technologies,
and other statements that are not historical facts. These
statements and their underlying assumptions are subject to risks
and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such statements include, without
limitation: the ability of the parties to consummate the agreements
under which the facility will be created; the ability to secure
regulatory and other approvals in a timely manner or at all; the
demand for semiconductors and customers’ technology requirements;
our ability to develop new and innovative technologies; our ability
to obtain and protect intellectual property rights in key
technologies; our ability to achieve the operational objectives of
the proposed facility; and other risks and uncertainties described
in our SEC filings, including our most recent Forms 10-Q and 8-K.
All forward-looking statements are based on management’s current
estimates, projections and assumptions, and we assume no obligation
to update them.
About Applied Materials Applied Materials,
Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) is the leader in materials engineering
solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced
display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at
atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to
transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials,
our innovations make possible the technology shaping the future.
Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.
Contact:Ricky Gradwohl (editorial/media)
408.235.4676Michael Sullivan (financial community) 408.986.7977
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