VCs and corporations have invested more in AI startups over the last two years than the previous 10 years. Here’s my take on why.

AI is one of the most exciting and most pervasive inflections to happen in our lifetime. But it is challenging the entire design ecosystem – from materials to systems – in a way that we haven’t experienced before.

Back in July, Applied Materials announced that we’d been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technology for AI. At the core of this project are the efforts of Applied Materials, Arm and Symetrix to develop a correlated electron switch. This of course begs the question, “what the heck is a correlated electron?”

Introducing the next generation of innovators to exciting careers in STEM at Applied Materials.

As a firm believer in the power of the arts to transcend boundaries, open minds and captivate the imagination, Applied Materials is proud to support local arts and culture festivals, including the upcoming San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, the Luna Park Chalk Art Festival and Shakespeare in the Park.

Advanced packaging can meet performance, power and density requirements for a range of More-than-Moore device types.

The Applied Materials platforms that create our Integrated Materials Solution for cobalt have been industry workhorses for several decades, and the innovations being developed show they remain critical for the dimensional and materials scaling necessary to continue improving the power, performance and area/cost (PPAC) of chips.

New materials and integrated process approaches offered on the Producer platform will help to enable future semiconductor designs.

My previous blog explained the computing architecture requirements for AI workloads. Now, I take a deep dive into the types of materials engineering breakthroughs needed to enable these new architectures.