imec has opened a new NanoIC pilot line focused on the development of systems-on-chip at a sub-2nm scale. With this infrastructure, imec accelerates research and innovation in the field of advanced logic chips and new chip architectures.
The NanoIC pilot line offers an integrated environment where design, process development, and validation converge. The focus is on technologies beyond the 2-nanometer boundary, including new transistor architectures, advanced interconnects, and system integration.
With this pilot line, imec aims to bridge the gap between fundamental research and industrial application. The facility is intended to develop technologies with industrial partners that are needed for the next generations of high-performance and energy-efficient chips, including for applications in AI, high-performance computing, and data centers.
Significance for the European ecosystem
The opening of the NanoIC pilot line fits within the broader European effort to strengthen semiconductor capacity and technological autonomy. Pilot lines play a key role in this: they offer a controlled environment where new technologies can be tested at scale before large-scale production takes place.
For companies and knowledge institutions in the European ecosystem, such facilities are important for gaining insights into technological routes, reducing development risks, and strengthening collaboration between research and industry.
Context from ChipNL CC
Within this landscape, ChipNL CC closely follows developments around European pilot lines and research infrastructures like this. By highlighting and contextualizing such initiatives, organizations gain a better overview of where new technologies are being developed and how they fit within the European value chain.
This helps particularly startups, SMEs, and knowledge institutions to orient themselves towards future technologies, collaboration opportunities, and access to European infrastructure.
Read here the full press release from imec
Bron: www.imec-int.com