# Applied Materials x Advantest EPIC Platform Partnership: partnership

Canonical ID: `1454311b-c7ff-4d9d-bb80-35aa0086d8a5`

Applied Materials announced Advantest Corporation as an innovation partner for its EPIC platform in April 2026, with Advantest establishing a new Innovation Center on Applied's R&D campus in Silicon Valley. The partnership bridges front-end semiconductor manufacturing and back-end testing to help chipmakers bring new designs to market faster and more efficiently.

- **Type:** development
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** reported (press-release-only)

## Parties (2)

- [Applied Materials](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/applied-materials.md) technology provider
- Advantest Corporation _(off-registry)_ co developer

## Sources (1)

1. https://ir.appliedmaterials.com/news-releases/news-release-details/applied-materials-announces-advantest-innovation-partner-epic


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