Applied Materials announced that memory giant Kioxia will join its Silicon Valley EPIC center as an innovation partner.
Key points
•Applied Materials and Kioxia will jointly research advanced memory cell and structure formation technologies.
•The partnership focuses on developing high-density and high-performance memory architectures through multi-chip stacking technology.
•Both companies aim to advance material science innovations for next-generation memory structures at the EPIC center.
Applied Materials, a global leader in advanced semiconductor and display materials solutions, is collaborating with Kioxia, a world-renowned flash memory and SSD company.
The partnership aims to jointly develop next-generation memory technologies at Applied's EPIC (Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization) center in Silicon Valley. The research will focus on advanced memory cell and structure formation, multi-chip stacking architectures, and new materials engineering approaches.
With the goal of enhancing memory performance for AI applications, both companies will conduct R&D initiatives to develop high-performance/high-density memory architectures and multi-chip stacking technologies for chip integration within limited form factors. They will also collaborate on improving the integration density and interconnect performance of complex multi-die memory solutions while pursuing material science innovations to realize next-generation memory structures at large-scale production.