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Pathfinding PDKs: The missing link between academia and industry in the race beyond 2nm semiconductor innovation
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NanoIC’s pathfinding PDKs: accelerating design for future chips beyond 2nm technology.
Advances in AI and chip architectures are driving new demands in semiconductor design, making close collaboration between academia and industry essential.
However, as we move to advanced semiconductor technology nodes, academic research has gradually drifted away from industrial practice, limiting academic researchers in driving innovation.
NanoIC aims to bridge this gap, providing pathfinding PDKs, predictive, early-access design environments, enabling researchers to simulate and optimize future chip architectures.
By restoring the link between academic innovation and industrial practice, pathfinding PDKs accelerate disruptive ideas and help build a resilient, next-generation semiconductor ecosystem.
NanoIC: A key player in solving Europe’s semiconductor talent shortage
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Backside power delivery networks to support advanced logic technology nodes
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Chips Venture Forum
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Greek chips at the heart of innovation
Launched on 1 June 2025, the Hellenic Chips Competence Centre (HCCC) is Greece’s first semiconductor hub, established through a partnership between HETiA, the Ministry of Development, and the European Chips Joint Undertaking. With €7 million in funding, HCCC aims to strengthen Europe’s technological autonomy by supporting innovation, research, start-ups, and training in chip design and testing. As part of the EU’s “Chips for Europe” initiative, HCCC connects Greek academic and industrial sectors, focusing on specialized applications. It positions Greece as a digital technology hub in Southeastern Europe. HCCC’s initial actions will be presented at the HETiA Forum in December 2025.
Enhancing chip performance
The European semiconductor sector is experiencing significant growth, fueled by increasing investments in research and development. Companies are focusing on enhancing chip performance and energy efficiency to meet the needs of various industries.
NanoIC pilot line: Europe’s strategic leap in semiconductor innovation
The German electronics magazine Markt&Technik has published a detailed feature on the NanoIC pilot line, recognizing it as a cornerstone of Europes semiconductor strategy under the EU Chips Act.
The article follows the NanoIC workshop held at ITF World 2025 in Antwerp, where the projects vision and technological roadmap were presented to a broad audience of industry leaders and policymakers.
Towards robust source/drain modules for advanced logic devices
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Outer wall forksheet bridges nanosheet and CFET architectures
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Watch the presentations of the NanoIC pilot line workshop at ITF World 2025
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This was the NanoIC pilot line workshop
Watch the after movie of this memorable afternoon track on the second day of ITF World 2025.
Results from the NanoIC pilot line at the 2025 VLSI Conference
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AI’s future hinges on hardware innovation: A vision statement from imec CEO Luc Van den hove
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Capacitor-less IGZO DRAM: a promising technology for 3D DRAM and eDRAM
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Imec CEO Luc Van den hove looks towards 2025
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NanoIC featured in SEMI: the imec-led initiative boosting Europe's semiconductor ecosystem
Interview with Srikanth Samavedam and Jo De Boeck
Take a look inside imec’s N2 P-PDK workshop
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Unlocking the future of compute systems with the NanoIC pilot line
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