Applied Materials unveiled six new semiconductor manufacturing tools spanning advanced packaging and DRAM processes, the company said on Sunday. It said AI computing faces a “memory wall” as bandwidth and capacity lag growing model sizes and data throughput, driving demand for high-bandwidth memory and 3D stacking. The lineup includes CMP, electrochemical deposition and PECVD systems, two e-beam metrology tools, and an upgraded epitaxy system for DRAM peripheral transistors.

South Korea and Italy will expand science and technology cooperation centred on three areas: artificial intelligence, climate change and bio, South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said. The two countries held the 13th Korea-Italy Joint Committee on Science and Technology in Rome with Italy\'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. They reviewed outcomes from joint bio and chemistry research, discussed future agendas including physical AI semiconductors and climate-response crops, and explored broader cooperation on brain disease research. The next meeting will be held in Seoul.