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FAMES Pilot Line Open-Access Call 2026

During this online session, you will receive a clear and substantive overview of the technologies currently available within the FAMES Pilot Line

03-03-2026
Heterogene Integratie
Chip Design
NanoIC PilotLine
NanoIC opens access to first-ever fine-pitch RDL and D2W hybrid bonding interconnect PDKs

New advanced interconnect PDKs pave the way for high‑density, energy‑efficient chip‑to‑chip integration.

02-03-2026 - Partnernieuws
Internationalisering (EU & non-EU)
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Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
imec opens NanoIC pilot line

imec has opened a new NanoIC pilot line for sub-2nm systems-on-chip. The facility strengthens European innovation capacity and the development of next-generation chip technology.

09-02-2026 - Partnernieuws
Businessontwikkeling & Financiering
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Fotonica
Technicians in full protective suits work in a high-tech, sterile laboratory with advanced equipment and bright lighting.
Strategic opportunities for 2026: Chips JU launches new Research & Innovation calls

The new Chips JU Research & Innovation calls for 2026 are here. From 6G to chip design: discover the strategic opportunities available for the Dutch ecosystem and how ChipNL CC supports you in consortium formation under the EU Chips Act.

09-02-2026 - Sectoranalyse
Businessontwikkeling & Financiering
Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
HTSM call opening for applications

The HTSM Call ‘Heterogeneous development solutions for semiconductors and scaling of quantum technologies’ (HTSM) is now open for applications.

03-02-2026
Elly Zwartkruis Director ChipNL CC
ChipNL Competence Centre: National contact point for chip innovation

Europe wants to reduce its dependence on Asia and the United States and is therefore investing heavily in its own semiconductor sector.

19-12-2025 - Interview
Talentontwikkeling & Skills
Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
Chip Design
The shortage of semiconductor talent in Europe
Semicon-talent: interpretation from the Wennink report

A perspective from the ChipNL Competence Centre

18-12-2025 - Visie
Internationalisering (EU & non-EU)
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Europa licht op
RVO opens Expression of Interest for IPCEI AST in the Netherlands

RVO opens an interest survey for IPCEI AST. Dutch organizations can now indicate if they want to participate in this European semiconductor program.

02-12-2025
Supply Chain & Technologie
Chip Design
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Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
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HTNL Semicon Hotspots
Whitepaper with an overview of Dutch semiconductor hotspots

High Tech NL provides an overview of the regional hotspots in the Dutch semiconductor sector and gives insight into the national ecosystem.

25-11-2025 - Sectoranalyse | Partnernieuws
Supply Chain & Technologie
Chip Design
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Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
Officiële lancering van het ChipNL Competence Centre in Nijmegen
A powerful start for the Dutch semiconductor sector

During the launch of the ChipNL Competence Centre, industry, research, and government gathered to strengthen the future of chip design, heterogeneous integration, and European collaboration.

24-11-2025 - Succesverhaal
Elly Zwartkruis Director ChipNL CC
ChipNL Competence Centre must take the European semiconductor sector to an even higher level

A lot is happening in and around the Brainport region in the field of the semiconductor sector: from machine construction and integrated photonics to chip design and advanced test and pilot facilities.

02-11-2025 - Interview
Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
Chip Design
European support grows for Semicon Coalition Europe

86 organizations have now signed the Industry Endorsement of the Semicon Coalition Europe

30-10-2025 - Partnernieuws | Sectoranalyse