SILICON EUROPE

Developing a leading-edge European Micro- and nanoelectronics cluster for energy efficient ICT

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'Four of the leading European micro- and nanoelectronics regions are joining their research, development and production expertise to form the transnational, research-driven cluster “Silicon Europe”. Involved in this national “triple-helix” consortia are the following high-potential mature clusters: the German Silicon Saxony, centred in Dresden, the Dutch High Tech NL, centred around Eindhoven in the South Eastern part of the Netherlands, France’s Minalogic, centred in Grenoble, and Belgium’s DSP Valley, centred at Leuven. The Silicon Europe partners are linked by a common goal: to make Europe the world’s leading centre for energy efficient electronics – Silicon Europe – The Leaders for Energy Efficient ICT Electronics The involved clusters in total have nearly 800 members , most of them (more than 75%) are SMEs, and count for more than 150.000 jobs (covering thereby more than 60% of the respective jobs in Europe) . They combine highly relevant research actors such as imec, CEA-Leti and Fraunhofer as well as large companies such as Philips, NXP, Globalfoundries, Infineon, STMicroelectronics and Thales. All involved clusters cover the full triple helix. Within Silicon Europe, following an in-depth analysis, joint action plans will be developed for concerted research in the field including the development of regional smart specialisation strategies and a internationalisation strategy for the involved clusters. Silicon Europe has as its ambition to place Europe in a leading position in research and development for the key enabling technology of Micro- and Nanoelectronics by using the full potential of synergy and complementarities of the existing high-potential clusters in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands and potentially other European clusters. The extension of the collaboration between the clusters towards a Joint Action Plan on local as well as on European level and its implementation will have a major impact on the competiveness of the entire sector.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Micro- and nanoelectronics are the basis for a strong European economy. With this in mind, Europe is transforming itself into a hub for innovative electronics.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The European Commission has published a communication outlining the importance of key enabling technologies for society and economy. Micro- and nanoelectronics, including semiconductors, are essential for all goods and services that require intelligent control in sectors as diverse as transportation, aeronautics and space. Smart industrial control systems allow more efficient management of electricity generation, storage, transport and consumption through intelligent electrical grids and devices.

In the EU-funded project 'Developing a leading-edge European micro- and nanoelectronics cluster for energy efficient ICT' (http://www.silicon-europe.eu/ (SILICON EUROPE)), five renowned European clusters have joined forces to boost Europe's position in innovative electronics.

SILICON EUROPE is promoting micro- and nanoelectronics as a key enabling technology for the traditional industry, unlocking new solutions for the major societal challenge on energy efficiency. This will be supported by the development of a new communication concept on the strategic importance of micro- and nanoelectronics. Furthermore, it is securing know-how by using inter-cluster synergies and complementarities with research institutes, fabless design houses and value-added system integrators.

Project activities are also aimed at opening up new markets and boosting competitiveness, especially of small and medium-sized enterprises. This will be achieved by improving transfer of innovative technology from research to market.

So far, the participating clusters have produced a detailed inventory regarding supply and demand of research and technological development, policies and cluster performance. Other project achievements include a model for the semiconductor industry value chain, and models and methods for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, commonality and complementarity analyses.

By bringing together technological expertise and resources of Europe's leading players in micro- and nanoelectronics, the SILICON EUROPE cluster will create a new level of transnational collaboration. This will enable Europe to become the world-leading centre for energy-efficient electronics, while effectively working to address increasing energy demand.