LUC VAN DEN HOVE - PRESIDENT AND CEO
NANOELECTRONICS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ENABLING DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
IMEC’S MISSION
IMEC’S MISSION
By leveraging our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of diverse expert partners across a multitude of industries, we accelerate progress towards a connected, sustainable future.
Imec is the world-leading R&D and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technology.
As a trusted partner for companies, start-ups and academia we bring together brilliant minds from all over the world in a creative and stimulating environment.
IMEC’S MISSION
By leveraging our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of diverse expert partners across a multitude of industries, we accelerate progress towards a connected, sustainable future.
Imec is the world-leading R&D and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technology.
As a trusted partner for companies, start-ups and academia we bring together brilliant minds from all over the world in a creative and stimulating environment.
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2016: ~500M€BUDGET
2016: ~500M€BUDGET
government support | 16%
funded programs | 11% (EU, ESA, …)
72% | industry
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75 DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES
MOST ADVANCED MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGIES
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES & SYSTEMS
CORE CMOS
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGY
NETWORKING DIGITAL PRIVACY& SECURITY
DATA SCIENCEAI
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
SMART HEALTH SMART MOBILITY SMART CITIES SMART INDUSTRIES SMART ENERGY
wearables & diagnostics healthcare within everybody’s reach
smart mobilityconnected driverless cars
smart manufacturing & logistics: where humans and robots work together
smart cities: Europe’s largest smart city lab
sustainable energy generation & storage smart energy systems
JOINT R&D - OPEN INNOVATION PRIVATE OR DEDICATED R&D TRANSFER & LICENCING PROTOTYPING SERVICES TRAINING - IMEC ACADEMY VENTURING - START UP
FLEXIBLE BUSINESS MODELS
IMEC ECO SYSTEM
IMEC ECO SYSTEM
FABLESS & FABLITE
APPLICATION PARTNERS
SUPPLIERS
IDMS & FOUNDRIES
IMEC ECO SYSTEM
FABLESS & FABLITE
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IMEC ECO SYSTEM
APPLICATION PARTNERS
IMEC ECO SYSTEM
IMEC OPERATIONS
USASAN FRANCISCO
BELGIUM - HQLEUVEN
THE NETHERLANDSEINDHOVEN
HSINCHU
CHINASHANGHAI
JAPANTOKYOJAPAN
OSAKA
USAORLANDO
investment ~2B€
COLLABORATIONS WITH CHINA
SHANGHAI HUAHONG GROUP (
▸ 2002: 0.18um & 0.13um CMOS technology cooperation
▸ 2010: 65nm-55nm CMOS technology cooperation
CETC (
▸ 2004: Flash Memory Technology transfer
▸ 2013: 3D process technology cooperation, phase one
▸ 2014: 3D process technology cooperation, phase two
▸ 2015-… : MEMS technology cooperation
COLLABORATIONS WITH CHINA
SMIC ( )
▸ 2003: 0.13um CMOS technology transfer
▸ 2015: 14nm and below CMOS technology cooperation
HUAWEI ( )
▸ 2012: Wireless communication technology cooperation
▸ 2013-…: Silicon Photonic technology cooperation
▸ 2014-…: Core partner of IMEC for CMOS technology program
COLLABORATIONS WITH CHINA
CITEF ( ) From 2006-2014: 9 times 3-month classes reaching over 150 Chinese university professors From 2015: merged with MIITEC training program
MIITEC ( ) Started in 2014: frame agreement signed, 1 class of 1 month at imec Grows exponentially 2017: over 2’000 industry and executive people trained, totaling >45’000 contact hours
Twenty 3-day domestic courses and three 30-day overseas hands-on courses at imec
DUT ( ) From 2006-2014: various training courses at DUT for DUT professors and students
FUDAN university ( ) From 2017: Extensive cooperation program set up for dual degree master training, dual degree PhD training, guest lectures, staff exchange, joint technical workshops, etc. Will be expanded to other top-ranked Chinese universities
IC DESIGN AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY
TRAINING FOR CHINA