Decision Insights Signals

Applied Materials said ASU, RPI, and Stanford will join its EPIC Center in Silicon Valley, with EPIC planned to be operational in 2026.

OpenVPN and Carahsoft partnered to make Access Server and CloudConnexa VPN and ZTNA offerings available via SEWP V, NASPO ValuePoint and OMNIA.

Applied Materials and TSMC announced a partnership at Applied’s EPIC Center in Silicon Valley to co-innovate on materials engineering, equipment innovation, and process integration for next-generation AI chipmaking. The initiative targets logic scaling challenges, including 3D transistors, interconnect formation, yield and reliability improvements, and earlier transfer to high-volume manufacturing.

ASUS and ROG will host booth showcases at Computex 2026 in Taipei, with ASUS featuring “Ubiquitous AI” and ROG marking 20 years.

SailPoint launched Agentic Fabric to extend Identity Security Cloud to AI agents, adding discovery, governance and real-time authorization controls.

NVIDIA named Suzanne Nora Johnson to its board effective July 13, 2026, and expects her to join the Audit Committee.