ASU joins Applied Materials' EPIC Center as inaugural university research partner (opens in new tab)

When the United States made the strategic decision in 2020 to reinvest in domestic semiconductor manufacturing, it confronted an uncomfortable paradox baked into capitalism itself: How do you create the collaborative environment it will take to be a global leader when the American industry is made of companies structured as competitors?This gradual conversion is coming together this year in Silicon Valley — and Arizona State University is right in the middle of it — in a facility designed fro...