EUROPRACTICE IC4

EUROPRACTICE CAD and IC service for European universities and research institutes

Coordinatore	INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW    more  Organization address address: IMEC - KAPELDREEF 75 city: LEUVEN postcode: 3001 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Christine Cognome: Van Houtven Email: send email Telefono: +32-16-281 613 Fax: +32-16-281 812
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Belgium [BE]
Totale costo	4˙821˙082 €
EC contributo	3˙150˙000 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2007-1
Funding Scheme	CSA
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-01-01   -   2010-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM VZW  Organization address address: IMEC - KAPELDREEF 75 city: LEUVEN postcode: 3001 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Christine Cognome: Van Houtven Email: send email Telefono: +32-16-281 613 Fax: +32-16-281 812	BE (LEUVEN)	coordinator	0.00
2	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V  Organization address address: HANSASTRASSE 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Walter Cognome: Krause Email: send email Telefono: -12052753 Fax: -12057574	DE (MUENCHEN)	participant	0.00
3	THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL  Organization address address: POLARIS HOUSE, NORTH STAR AVENUE city: SWINDON postcode: SN2 1SZ contact info Titolo: Mrs Nome: Mary Cognome: Valente Email: send email Telefono: +44 1235 446607 Fax: +44 1235 778196	UK (SWINDON)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

This proposal is submitted to continue the current Europractice IC Service.nThe current EUROPRACTICE IC Service project, part of the 6th Framework and ending on 31 December 2008, is widely recognized as a world-class service offering state-of-the-art CAD tools and technologies to universities and industry. Continuation of this project is considered indispensable as universities need to be able to renew their annual CAD licenses and need continued support for their research and courses and need to be further stimulated to keep up with new technologies. Continuation is needed and in order to avoid a gap (waiting for the next call – possibly only in 2008), this proposal is submitted now.nThe objectives are offering access to CAD tools for learning and access to advanced IC technologies for prototyping. Under this project 550 European universities and 50 research centers will be able to use the service and will get technical support both on the use and installation of CAD tools and on the ASIC technologies and design kits.nAs a broker, Europractice negotiates low cost conditions with the most popular industrial-standard CAD vendors for educational use. Europractice has negotiated with several IC foundries agreements to buy or share low cost MPW (Multi Project Wafer) runs in order to offer low cost prototype possibilities to universities and research institutes. New advanced technologies, such as 0.13um SiGe, 0.18um High Voltage, 90nm and 65nm CMOS will be added to the portfolio of offered technologies when those technologies become available and affordable.nAlso discussions will start with other European 'service' providers, initiated by EC funded projects, in order to make them available on wider European scale to the existing network of 550 universities. As such, the IC service will be further extended with prototyping possibilities in selected MEMS-like technologies.