Applied Materials and Arizona State University Celebrate Opening of ‘Materials-to-Fab’ Center

Applied Materials, Inc. and Arizona State University (ASU) today marked the official opening of the Materials-to-Fab Center, a shared world-class $270 million research, development and prototyping facility inside the university’s MacroTechnology Works at ASU’s Research Park in Tempe. A ribbon-cutting event was held at the Center as semiconductor industry leaders from around the globe gathered in nearby Phoenix for the SEMICON West conference.

Applied Materials executives, including Dr. Prabu Raja, President of the Semiconductor Products Group, and ASU President Michael Crow were joined at the ribbon-cutting by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and other government and city leaders including Sandra Watson, President and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, to highlight the benefits that the MTF Center will bring to Arizona and the entire semiconductor industry.

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