A consortium of 12 European partners, coordinated by imec, has been selected in the framework of the European Chips Act to develop the EU Chips Design Platform. Funded by Chips JU, the platform will facilitate access to advanced semiconductor design infrastructure, training, and capital for fabless…

At the Hannover Messe on March 31, 2025, the launch of the new "Chiplet Application Hub" of the FMD took place. As a node for the development and application of chiplet technologies, it bridges research and industrial use. Together with industry, it advances the development of "made in Germany" chip…

Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and the State Government of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, today announced, at the Hannover Trade Fair, the launch of the Advanced Chip Design Accelerator (ACDA). The new imec competence center in Baden-Württ…

Critical Manufacturing, a leading provider of advanced Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), announces that Plessey, a renowned company in the field of MicroLED display technology, has chosen Critical Manufacturing MES to support its manufacturing processes.

Plessey is known for its innovative manuf…

Technological progress often occurs today in tiny particles: In the cleanroom at the OST campus in Buchs – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences – high school students were able to dive into the world of microtechnology and produce their own wafer. The workshop was held in collaboration…

– The signed Strategic Partnership Agreement extends the existing strategic partnership between imec and ZEISS, which has been in place since 2019, until 2029.
– With the investments in imec's pilot line, ZEISS significantly contributes to the research and further development of key semiconductor tec…

In February 2025, LUM GmbH began a strategic sales partnership with the Chinese company Alpharmaca Inc., based in Shanghai, to meet the strong demand from the pharmaceutical sector and the semiconductor sector, and to assist customers with high local expertise in solving their questions in the field…

From 2035, the Einstein Telescope will be able to study gravitational waves with unprecedented accuracy. For the telescope, researchers from Jena have manufactured highly sensitive sensors made entirely of glass for the first time.

Gravitational waves are distortions of space-time caused by extreme a…

Silicon carbide (SiC) provides considerable technical advantages for power electronics - however, the costs are still a drawback. In the »ThinSiCPower« research project, a consortium of Fraunhofer Institutes is developing key technologies to reduce material losses and device thickness while increasi…

How do lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles react to heat, cold and rapidly fluctuating temperatures? This is tested repeatedly during their development and production in order to guarantee the safety of the energy storage systems. Weiss Technik has provided 22 test chambers for the VW Batter…