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Latest News
Equipping students and industry with practical RISC-V expertise
The 2026 edition of the SCCC course RISC-V on a chip in three days attracted a lot of applications from both students and employees at companies throughout Europe and beyond. A group of twenty participants were admitted and got to build their own physical RISC-V processors and run real hardware...
Webinar Series on Semiconductor Training Offers#1
The first aCCCess webinar of the semiconductor training offers series brought together ChipNL and CC Chip.si to introduce their training offers and highlight opportunities for professionals, organisations and other stakeholders looking to strengthen their semiconductor knowledge and skills....
Chips Think Tank Webinar#7: Building the Materials Platform for the Future of Integrated Photonics
How RIBER is expanding beyond III-V epitaxy to enable the next generation of photonic devices....
Open Calls
Open Access to FAMES Pilot Line
Opens:Mar 09, 2026 00:00 CET
Closes:Dec 31, 2026 23:59 CET
The FAMES Pilot Line accepts Spontaneous User Requests year-round, offering organisations rapid access to its advanced semiconductor technologies outside the annual Open-Access Calls. This pathway enables time-critical projects to move forward without waiting for the next call.
XECS Call 6
Opens:Jun 02, 2026 00:00 CET
Closes:Jan 21, 2027 17:00 CET
Xecs is an Eureka Cluster specifically designed to accelerate the pace of sustainable industrial innovation in the Electronics Components & Systems (ECS) community. Xecs intends to create an ambitious international collaboration programme. The resulting RD&I projects will generate high societal and economic impact for all those who participate in an Xecs project.
INFRACHIP Open Call to Free Access to State-of-the-Art Technologies
INFRACHIP is a European project under Horizon Europe Programme, offering distributed research infrastructure as a wider European research platform for the sustainable development of next-generation and future semiconductor chips.
Events
CADETTI Yearly Event 2026
Oct 08, 2026 09:00 CETOct 08, 2026 19:30 CET
Sapienza Universita di Roma, Sala Chiostro
Join industry, academia, and policy leaders for a day of insights, networking, and collaboration across the European semiconductor ecosystem. Explore the latest opportunities in chip design, skills development, entrepreneurship and international cooperation, while connecting with key stakeholders shaping the future of semiconductors in Italy and Europe. Discover how CADETTI is strengthening the...
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Your Gateway to European Semiconductor Technologies: CCCs, Pilot Lines & EuroCDP
Oct 12, 2026 13:00 CETOct 12, 2026 16:00 CET
on-line on Teams
This joint webinar brings together three national semiconductor competence centres Czech Semiconductor Centre, SK Chips and CC Chip.si with key European semiconductor infrastructure: the European Chips Design Platform (EuroCDP) and the PIXEurope and NanoIC Pilot Lines. Participants will gain a practical overview of the services available to companies, startups,...
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Strategy for Start-Ups
Oct 13, 2026 12:30 CETOct 13, 2026 13:50 CET
Online and IrelandDublin, Ireland
Join us for a discussion on building business strategy, specifically when that strategy is being built for and with first-day founders and start-ups in mind. Brian draws on his own research as well as work with SMEs to bring a practical insight into the conception of strategy for new organisations....
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Latest Trends
EPC showcasing eGaN FETs, integrated power stages and reference designs at electronica
Focus on emerging applications including AI, robotics, autonomous machines, and space electronics
Delta will develop next-generation autonomous driving technology based on NVIDIA's Hyperion platform.
Delta Electronics possesses extensive expertise in automotive energy management, electric vehicle powertrain systems, and in-vehicle high-performance computing. This collaboration is expected to enhance the synergy between the two companies in the field of autonomous driving.
"Smart wallpaper" turns room humidity into power for low-power electronics / Home Appliances / iXBT Live
Binghamton University researchers have developed an experimental wall covering that generates electricity from moisture in the air. The material is based on paper and...
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