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Assembly of a High NA EUV tool in the joint imec-ASML High-NA lab at ASML's headquarters in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. (Image credit: ASML)

26.02.2024
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Conference

Advances in processes, masks and metrology will enable to fully benefit from the resolution gain offered by the first ASML 0.55NA EUV scanner

Imec demonstrates readiness of the High-NA EUV patterning ecosystem

This week, at the 2024 Advanced Lithography + Patterning Conference, imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, will present the progress made in EUV processes, masks, and metrology prepared for enabling high-numerical aperture (High-NA) extreme ul…

The design pathfinding PDK enables digital designs with 2nm Gate All Around (GAA) technology, including backside connectivity.

The design pathfinding PDK allows for digital designs with 2nm Gate All Around (GAA) technology including backside connectivity.

11.02.2024
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Electronics (wafers, semiconductors, microchips,...)

The design pathfinding PDK lowers the threshold for academia and industry to access the most advanced semiconductor technologies

Imec Launches the First Design Pathfinding Process Design Kit for N2 Node

At the 2024 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, launches its open process design kit (PDK) with a concomitant training program offered through EUROPRACTICE. The PDK will enable virt…

01.07.2023
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Electronics (wafers, semiconductors, microchips,...)

ASML is making a substantial commitment in imec's future state-of-the-art pilot line

Imec and ASML sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support semiconductor research and sustainable innovation in Europe

Imec, a leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and ASML Holding N.V. (ASML), a leading supplier to the semiconductor industry, today announce that they intend to intensify their collaboration in the next phase of developing a state-of-the-art high-numerical…

Figure 1 - Measured and predicted thermal resistance as a function of the fin width of GaN-on-Si HEMTs with two fins.

Figure 2 – Geometry of the InP nanoridge HBT used in the 3D simulation.

Figure 3 – Impact of non-diffusive thermal transport effects (as captured by imec’s Monte Carlo simulation) in InP nanoridge HBTs.

07.12.2022
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Conference

Imec introduces simulation framework to better predict thermal transport in RF devices for 5G and 6G.

This week, at the 2022 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEEE IEDM 2022), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presents a Monte Carlo Boltzmann modeling framework that uses microscopic heat carrier distributions to predict 3D thermal tr…

17.07.2022
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Conference

Imec Shows Path to Line Resistance Halving using Semi-Damascene with High-Aspect-Ratio Processing

At the 2022 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC 2022), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presented options to reduce the metal line resistance at tight metal pitches, mitigating the resistance/capacitance (RC) incre…

09.07.2022
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Automation

Macronix octaflash UW Series Memory Provides High-Density Flash Solutions for NXP S32Z and S32E Real-Time Processors

Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337) today announced that Macronix’s MX25UW high efficiency octaflash flash memory family has been selected for NXP® Semiconductor’s S32Z and S32E real-time processors for safe integration of real-time applications. The selection marks the companies’ next step…

Huw Hampson Jones (Solithor) and -Olivier Rousseaux (imec)

28.05.2022
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Battery

Breakthrough approach to solid-state batteries will break the barriers for the electrification of transport

Imec spin-off SOLiTHOR closes a €10M seed investment round to develop a new disruptive solid-state battery cell technology

SOLiTHOR , the newly created spin-off company from imec – partner in the top European energy R&D innovation hub Energyville – is spearheading the development, manufacturing and commercialisation of innovative solid-state lithium (Li) battery cell technology to reliably and economically offer hig…

20.03.2022
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Science

Imec.xpand II reaches an important milestone on its way to become one of world’s most impactful, early-stage funds dedicated to semiconductor innovation

Imec.xpand, the early-stage deep tech investor who leverages the knowledge, expertise, infrastructure, and network of imec, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technology, today announced the first closing of its second fund at EUR 150 million in committed ca…

The flexible 8-bit microprocessor from Imec next to a 2-euro coin.

Screenshot of the Snake game in action and timestamps.

24.02.2022
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EDP, Hardware, Software

Imec, KU Leuven, and PragmatIC Semiconductor demonstrate the fastest flexible 8-bit microprocessor for energy-efficient applications

This week, imec, a globally leading research and innovation center for nanoelectronics and digital technologies, together with KU Leuven and PragmatIC Semiconductor, a worldwide leading company for flexible electronics, will present at the 2022 International Solid-State Circuits Conference (2022 ISS…

The new impulse radio ultra-wideband transmitter chip from Imec enables data transfer rates of up to 1.66 Gb/s for in-body and short-range applications.

24.02.2022
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Trade fair

ISSCC ’22 contribution confirms that UWB technology is capable of supporting low-power, high-bitrate applications – from smart glasses delivering tomorrow’s AR/VR experiences, to wireless telemetry modules for intracortical sensing.

Imec Pioneers Ultra-Wideband Transmitter Chip That Pushes Data Rates up to 1.66Gb/s with Milliwatt Power

At this week’s International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), imec – a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies – presents a new impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmitter chip that could redefine the future of UWB technology.

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