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IMEC
Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC; officially stylised as imec) is an international Research and development, research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and Digital electronics, digital technologies with headquarters in Belgium. Luc Van den hove has served as president and CEO since 2009. IMEC has more than 5,500 employees and researchers for advanced semiconductor R&D activities, also including system scaling, silicon photonics, artificial intelligence, beyond 5G communications and sensing technologies. In 2022, IMEC's revenue (P&L) totaled 846 million euro. Overview IMEC employs more than 5,500 researchers from more than 90 countries; it has numerous facilities dedicated to research and development around the world, including 12,000 square meters of cleanroom capacity for semiconductor processing. The IMEC headquarters are located in Leuven. History In 1982, the Flemish Government set up a program to strengthen the microelectro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Van Den Hove
Luc Van den hove (1 March 1960, Turnhout) is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IMEC, Europe's largest independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics and digital technologies. Van den hove is regarded as an expert on technology trends and nano electronics. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in electrical engineering, has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications and conference contributions, is a part-time professor at KU Leuven's Faculty of Engineering Science, and sits on the board of directors at telecommunications company, Proximus. Career Van den hove received his PhD in electrical engineering from KU Leuven in Belgium. At the age of 24, Van den hove joined IMEC in its founding year in 1984 and worked as a researcher in silicide and interconnected technologies. He would later go on to become IMEC's Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and ultimately Chief Executive Officer. Under Van den hove’s first ten years of tenure, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 Nm Process
In semiconductor manufacturing, the 2 nm process is the next MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) die shrink after the 3 nm process node. The term "2 nanometer", or alternatively "20 angstrom" (a term used by Intel), has no relation to any actual physical feature (such as gate length, metal pitch or gate pitch) of the transistors. According to the projections contained in the 2021 update of the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a "2.1 nm node range label" is expected to have a contacted gate pitch of 45 nanometers and a tightest metal pitch of 20 nanometers. As such, 2 nm is used primarily as a marketing term by the semiconductor industry to refer to a new, improved generation of chips in terms of increased transistor density (a higher degree of miniaturization), increased speed, and reduced power consumption compared to the previous 3 nm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapidus
is a semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Rapidus was established in August 2022 with the support of eight major Japanese companies: Denso, Kioxia, MUFG Bank, NEC, NTT, SoftBank, Sony, and Toyota. The goal of Rapidus is to increase advanced semiconductor manufacturing capacity with a 2 nm process by 2027. Background history The semiconductor industry in Japan was highly competitive in the 1980s, with a global share reaching 50%. However, the concluded to resolve trade friction and the rise of South Korea and Taiwan gradually reduced competitiveness. In 1999, Elpida Memory was established by integrating the businesses of Hitachi and NEC for DRAM, one of the semiconductors for memory, and later took over the business of Mitsubishi Electric, and at one point acquired the world's third-largest market share in this field. However, management deteriorated due to the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent strong yen induced recession, and althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is a partially state-owned publicly listed Chinese pure-play semiconductor foundry company. It is the largest contract chip maker in mainland China. SMIC is headquartered in Shanghai and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. It has wafer fabrication sites throughout mainland China, offices in the United States, Italy, Japan, and Taiwan, and a representative office in Hong Kong. It provides integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing services from 350 nm to 7 nm process technologies. The ''Financial Times'' reported that SMIC is expected to offer 5 nm process-node IC manufacturing services in 2024. State-owned civilian and military telecommunications equipment provider Datang Telecom Group as well as the China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund are major shareholders of SMIC. Notable customers include Huawei, Qualcomm, (published 05-25-2019) Broadcom, and Texas Instruments. SMIC is a major shareholder a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics Naamloze vennootschap, NV (commonly referred to as ST or STMicro) is a European multinational corporation, multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the largest of such companies in Europe. It was founded in 1987 from the merger of two state-owned semiconductor corporations: ''Thomson Semiconducteurs'' of United States/France and ''SGS Microelettronica'' of Italy. The company is incorporated in the Netherlands and headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. Its shares are traded on Euronext Paris, the Borsa Italiana and the New York Stock Exchange. History ST was formed in 1987 by the merger of two government-owned semiconductor companies: Italian SGS Microelettronica (where SGS stands for ''Società Generale Semiconduttori'', "General Semiconductor Company"), and French ''Thomson Semiconducteurs'', the semiconductor arm of Thomson SA, Thomson. SGS Microelettronica originated in 1972 from a previous merger of two compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuropixels
Neuropixels probes (or "Neuropixels") are electrodes developed in 2017 to record the activity of hundreds of neurons in the brain. The probes are based on CMOS, CMOS technology and have 1,000 recording sites arranged in two rows on a thin, 1-cm long shank. The probes are used in hundreds of neuroscience laboratories including the International Brain Laboratory, to record brain activity mostly in mice and rats. By revealing the activity of vast numbers of neurons, Neuropixels probes are allowing new approaches to the study of brain processes such as sensory processing, decision making, internal state, and emotions and to create brain-machine interfaces. The probes were announced in 2017. They are designed and fabricated by IMEC, imec, an electronics research center in Belgium. In 2022, Neuropixels probes were inserted in human patients. References {{Reflist External links UCL Neuropixels pageneuropixels.orgSpikeGLX: Neuropixels acquisition softwareOpen Ephys GUI: Neuropixels a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UHasselt
Hasselt University ( Dutch: ''Universiteit Hasselt or UHasselt'') is a public research university with campuses in Hasselt and Diepenbeek, Belgium. It has more than 7,500 students and 1,800 academic, administrative and technical staff (2023). The university was officially established in 1971 as the Limburg Universitair Centrum (LUC) and changed its name to Hasselt University in 2005. UHasselt is ranked 35th out of 605 in the 2023 ''Times Higher Education'' ranking of universities younger than 50 years. As of October 2020, Rector of Hasselt University is Prof. Bernard Vanheusden. Vice-Rector for Education is Prof. Elke Hermans, Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation & Internationalisation is Prof. Ken Haenen. History Establishment and start UHasselt/LUC was official established by law in May 1971. In September 1973, the first academic year followed with around 320 students and six (undergraduate) programmes (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Dentistry and Medicine). Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMinds
iMinds (formerly IBBT) was a Flemish non-profit organization, founded by the Flemish Government. It was founded as a research institute, with a focus on information & communication technology ( ICT) in general, and applications of broadband technology in particular. iMinds offers companies and organizations active support in research and development. It brings together companies, authorities, and non-profit organizations to join forces on research projects. In September 2016, iMinds merged with international research and development center IMEC. Organization The central staff of iMinds consists of 29 full-time employees. They are responsible for operational support and external communication. Wim De Waele is Director of iMinds. iMinds has an extended network of partners. Some of these partners are actively involved in determining the long-term vision and strategy of iMinds. iMinds unites more than 1000 researchers from 5 research departments specialized in one or more of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Van Overstraeten
Roger Joseph, Baron Van Overstraeten (7 December 1937, Vlezenbeek – 29 April 1999, Leuven) was a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and later the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, an IEEE Fellow and the founder of the micro- and nanoelectronics research center IMEC. Van Overstraeten earned a PhD from Stanford University in 1963. Honors and awards In 1989 he was awarded the first Becquerel Prize by the European Commission. In 1990 Van Overstraeten was elevated to Baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than ... and he received the IEEE Frederik Philips Award (1999). References 1937 births 1999 deaths Fellows of the IEEE Stanford University alumni Academic staff of KU Leuven People from Sint-Pieters-Leeuw {{Belgium-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuven
Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the deelgemeente, sub-municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, Leuven proper, Wilsele, Wijgmaal and part of Haasrode, Leuven, Haasrode and Korbeek-Lo, Leuven, Korbeek-Lo. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. Leuven has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. KU Leuven, the largest Dutch-speaking university in the world and the largest university in the Low Countries (and thus also Belgium's largest university), has its flagship campus in Leuven. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company. History Middle Ages The earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flanders
Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics, and history, and sometimes involving neighbouring countries. The demonym associated with Flanders is Flemings, Fleming, while the corresponding adjective is Flemish people, Flemish, which can also refer to the collective of Dutch dialects spoken in that area, or more generally the Belgian variant of Standard Dutch. Most Flemings live within the Flemish Region, which is a federal state within Belgium with its own elected government. However, like Belgium itself, the official capital of Flanders is the City of Brussels, which lies within the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, not the Flemish Region, and the majority of residents there are French speaking. The powers of the Flemish Government in Brussels are limited mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Shrink
The term die shrink (sometimes optical shrink or process shrink) refers to the List of semiconductor scale examples, scaling of metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) devices. The act of shrinking a Die (integrated circuit), die creates a somewhat identical circuit using a more advanced fabrication process, usually involving an advance of lithographic semiconductor node, nodes. This reduces overall costs for a chip company, as the absence of major architectural changes to the Central processing unit, processor lowers research and development costs while at the same time allowing more processor dies to be manufactured on the same piece of silicon wafer, resulting in less cost per product sold. Die shrinks are the key to lower prices and higher performance at Semiconductor company, semiconductor companies such as Samsung Electronics, Samsung, Intel, TSMC, and SK Hynix, and fabless manufacturers such as Advanced Micro Devices, AMD (including the former ATI Technologies, ATI), Nvidia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
