Chip equipment maker Lam Research to invest more than $3 billion to expand R&D labs

Lam Research said on Thursday it intends to invest more than $3 billion in ‌the next five years to expand its ‌global research and development lab network, as it seeks to increase ​experiment capacity and speed up product development. The U.S. chip equipment maker said the multi-site expansion is expected to increase its experiment capacity by over 50%. • Lam Research is making the investment with the intention of staying ahead of customers' ​needs as ​the pace of innovation ​requires chips with new ‌architectures, different materials and complex features engineered with nanoscale precision, CEO Tim Archer said.