ICOS-International Cooperation On Semiconductors

📢 Come & Meet us at #EFECS2024 – Strengthening EU competitiveness in Ghent, December 5-6th! Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about the ICOS-International Cooperation On Semiconductors programme and its impact on the European Semiconductors ecosystem. During these 2 days of EFECS - European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems organised by the Chips Joint Undertaking , you will be able to attend the plenary talk of Francis Balestra, ICOS-International Cooperation On Semiconductors coordinator and to visit us at our booth to exchange on the work achieved so far and the results on International! Information on: https://lnkd.in/dBXZ4xjv Looking forward to meeting you there

📢 ICOS-International Cooperation On Semiconductors at EFECS2024 in Ghent! If you're interested in learning more about the ICOS project and its contributions to positioning Europe at the forefront of the global semiconductor industry, we warmly invite you to attend the Plenary Session on December 5th at 4:30 PM. Francis Balestra, ICOS Coordinator, will deliver a keynote talk highlighting the project's role in fostering international collaborations to bridge gaps in research and the industrial sector. Can't make it to the session? No problem! The ICOS team will be available throughout the event at our booth, ready to answer your questions and engage in meaningful discussions. Stop by and let's shape the future of Europe's semiconductor leadership together at this exciting event! 📅 Deadline for registration at EFECS is November 25th

🎉 We are live at #Semicon Europa 2024 in Munich! Francis Balestra, ICOS coordinator is a keynote speaker during the session “𝐄𝐔 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦” chaired by Christopher Frieling - SEMI Europe, and has the opportunity to present ICOS-International Cooperation On Semiconductors within the frame of his presentation on "𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐒: 𝐄𝐔 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐄𝐔 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧". Beside showcasing the first results of the project, the presentation reflects the position of different actors in the semiconductors landscape. ➡ More information: https://lnkd.in/ebxzUpBN #internationalcooperation #chipsact #horizoneurope #semiconductors

📢 The 3rd ICOS-International Cooperation On Semiconductors Press Release is now published! Check out the latest outcomes of the project 🚀 This press release highlights the two importants steps reached being the publication of the Report “Future Technologies for Advanced Computation” led by CEA-Leti and the other one entitled “Future Technologies for Advanced Functionality” led by Fraunhofer IISB. 🌍 These analyses are designed to guide the European Union in refining its strategic positioning within the semiconductor industry, fostering fruitful collaborations with leading nations in this critical sector. You can access the press release following this link: https://lnkd.in/gHNGSQ_8 👥 ICOS consortium : 🔹 Academic partners: Grenoble INP - UGA, IUNET, Delft University of Technology, CEZAMAT WUT, IMT-Bucharest, Ghent University 🔹 Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs:) CEA-Leti, imec, Tyndall National Institute, VTT and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 🔹 Academic and industrial associations: SiNANO Institute and AENEAS Association 🔹 Semiconductor manufacturers: NXP Semiconductors, Bosch, Infineon Technologies, STMicroelectronics 🔹 Industry consultants: DECISION Etudes & Conseil, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH #semiconductors #internationalcooperation #chipsact #euchipsact

✨ Workshop "𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬: 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧" in the framework of the #EFECS conference - Registration Open! If you are participating at the EFECS conference in Ghent, join this insightful workshop on December 4th from 3.30 to 5.30 p.m to engage with experts from the semiconductor industry! Overview of the programme: ✅ DESIGN Tools and METHODS ✅Heterogeneous INTEGRATION and advanced PACKAGING ✅Advanced MATERIALS for SUSTAINABLE electronics 🤝 Organised by VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH 🔗 Register following the link: https://lnkd.in/efHNSDxU

📢 SAVE THE DATE - ICOS x SEMICON Europa We are pleased to announce that Francis Balestra, ICOS coordinator, Grenoble INP - UGA / SiNANO Institute will be a keynote speaker during the session "EU Digital Forum" at the Semicon Europa 2024 in Munich on November 12th! He will present the programme throughout his talk entitled "Horizon Europe ICOS: EU and Non-EU Strengths, Weaknesses, Dependencies, Opportunities for International Collaboration" 📍 TechARENA, Hall C1 🕥 10:45 AM

✨ Wrap-up of the successful 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐔-𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬! 📄 Elles van de Ven, Policy Officer within the Unit “Microelectronics and Photonics” at the European Commission had the mission to close this one-day workshop. She emphasized the European Union's strong interest in the topics discussed throughout the day and highlighted the opportunity for collaboration with India across various fields. She also invited Sagar Sharma, Chief of Staff at the India Semiconductor Mission, to give a few words on what this workshop brought to the Indian perspective. Mr Sagar Sharma described the event as insightful and valuable for gaining a comprehensive understanding of the European semiconductor ecosystem before pursuing further cooperation. He emphasized the country's ambition to leverage international partnerships in building a resilient, diversified, trusted, and sustainable semiconductor industry 💡 Overall, this workshop marked a significant step forward in advancing semiconductor cooperation between India and the EU. In addition to providing the latest updates on current technologies, it facilitated valuable exchanges between researchers and policy makers on the future of this strategic industry, laying the foundation for deeper collaboration. As highlighted by Pierre Chastanet in his inspiring welcoming talk, this workshop was a "very important milestone in the cooperation that we try to foster" All the presentations from this workshop are available on the ICOS website: https://lnkd.in/enePAC9k Sagar Sharma, Manish Gurwani, S.LAKSHMANAN, Ravi RANJAN, Prashant KUMAR, Surinder SINGH, Kalyani Tidke, Pankaj PHUKAN, Bijoy Krishna Das, Rohit Sharma, Rajiv AHUJA, Kamakoti Veezhinathan, Kamaljeet SINGH, Gaurav Trivedi, Madhav Desai, Rajesh Nair, Raghu Panicker, Pierre Chastanet, Elles van de Ven, Jonas Jütting, Werner Steinhoegl, Roel Baets, Urmimala Chatterjee, PhD, Olivier Faynot, Pascal Xavier, Jean-Pierre Raskin, Francesco Conti, Andreas Middendorf, Fabrice Graignic, Iranda chaki, Christopher Frieling, Swaraj Bandhu Mahato, PhD, Giorgos Fagas, Valeriya Kiltchytska, Francis Balestra, Mathilde Berric, Pascale CAULIER, Mathilde Bétend

🔗 The presentations of the 4th Session – IC & System Design - of the 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐔-𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 are now available! This session welcomed the following experts: 💻 "IC and System Design - The quantum way" presented by Kamakoti Veezhinathan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, emphasised, in particular, that the complexity of Integrated Circuit (IC) has increased exponentially, posing challenges to circuit design's scalability and reliability. But also that Electronic Design Automation (EDA) algorithms and software must be more effective and efficient to handle a large search space with low runtime. Quantum Computing from point of view of EDA, IC and System Design complexity have to be re-defined and thus achieved. 💻"AI-enabled smart and secure electronic systems design and Indigenous Electronic Design Automation Tools for VIKSHIT BHARAT 2047" by Gaurav Trivedi from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati summarized the ongoing activities in chip design, electronic design automation, and advanced workforce development needed to achieve the goal 💻"The Open-Source PULP Platform for tinyML Heterogeneous Hardware Acceleration" is a talk from Francesco Conti, University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna) which showed how the open-source cooperative model makes it possible to combine different ideas and contributions in a technologically portable way, acting as an innovation catalyst and enabling the fast pace of evolution required to keep up with new ideas in AI within a tiny power budget. 💻"Digital system design at IIT Bombay" by Madhav Desai, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay described the research carried out by his group in to tools and system realizations. The focus of the tools related work is to establish an algorithm to System-on-chip flow for the rapid realization of custom optimized embedded systems. Chair: Giorgos Fagas - Tyndall National Institute / SINANO Institute The presentations can be found here: https://lnkd.in/enePAC9k

💫 Session 3 of the 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐔-𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 - Sustainable Manufacturing and Materials This session presented the current challenges of the semiconductors industry and potentials solutions to address it. The speakers discussed the limits of Moore's Law and outlined their vision of the future of technology. ♻ Pascal Xavier from CROMA / Grenoble INP - UGA presented a talk on "Bio-based materials and processes for pcbs: an example of pathway for sustainable micro-nanoelectronics?" in which he gave an overview of some promising and original technological avenues in the field of printed circuits from the point of view of materials, manufacturing and recycling processes. ♻Prof. Rajeev Ahuja from Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar provided a comprehensive analysis on "Advanced Materials for next-generation Semiconductor technology" and talked about the most recent studies in the area of materials science with focus on Semiconductor technology. ♻Olivier Faynot, CEA-Leti with his talk on "Towards Sustainable electronic Challenges of Sustainability" presented the challenges around rare earth materials including the management of electricity and water in the Semiconductors Industry and on-going actions to tackle it. ♻Jean-Pierre Raskin from UCLouvain - Université catholique de Louvain had a presentation on "Sustainability in information and communication technologies" and question the merits of certain technological choices made in the name of the transition while giving concrete examples of current research, such as a critical look at the deployment of connected objects, the eco-design of sensors All the presentions are available here: https://lnkd.in/enePAC9k

🔬✨ Sum up of Session 2  "More than Moore Functionalities" from the 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐔-𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬! 🚀 This session, entitled ‘More than Moore Functionalities’, highlighted the knowledges and competences of each side in the subject ✅ Bijoy Krishna Das, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras presented "Silicon Photonics Technology at CoE-CPPICS" and discussed the state-of-the-art technology while giving an overview of the progress at the Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS ✅Urmimala Chatterjee, PhD, imec and her talk on "GaN Technology for Power Electronics Applications" presented imec’s different GaN technology platforms for the power devices and covered the aspects of monolithic integration in this technology. ✅Dr.Kamaljeet Singh, DG, SEMI-Conductor Laboratory had a presentation entitled "Semi-conductor Laboratory : Capabilities Overview" in which he described the present capabilities of SCL in terms of packaging and integration of processes such as MCM, SiP etc. ✅Roel Baets, from the Universiteit Gent, talked about "Silicon Photonics: review of the main EU and international activities and technologies" and taught us about the leading position of Europe in the last years in terms of R&D for photonic integration and in silicon photonics to then compares it with other regions and reviewed the main EU and international silicon photonics activities Chair: Francis Balestra - ICOS coordinator All the presentations are available here: https://lnkd.in/enePAC9k