Semiconductor supplier considering Hutto for $2B project, sources say

(Austin Business Journal) — Applied Materials Inc., a global supplier to the semiconductor industry, is considering a $2 billion project in a suburb northeast of Austin as the region becomes a hotbed for chipmakers and the businesses that provide them with machinery and materials. Another semiconductor facility may move to Central TexasThe Silicon Valley-based company, which has played a key role in Austin's semiconductor sector since the 1990s, may put a manufacturing and research and dev