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IMEC to establish R&D facility in Taiwan |
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Jan 22, 2008 at 05:15 PM |
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 IMEC has established a foothold in Taiwan as more of the mainstream semiconductor manufacturing becomes established on the island. Initially, IMEC will only have a representative office under the name ‘IMEC Taiwan’ but expects to have migrated to become an active R&D center in six months.
“Taiwan is worldwide recognized as the core of semiconductor foundry manufacturing. Combined with its innovative power, the Taiwanese industry will also become a leading player in the development of new applications. We are convinced that an institute as IMEC Taiwan can have an added value in this evolution;” said Prof. Gilbert Declerck, President and CEO of IMEC. “By bridging the cultural, language and geographical gap we can facilitate the access to our programs and easily interact with local companies. We intend also to tap into the local pool of highly schooled labor to strengthen our system and IC design team.”
IMEC said that it has already signed several memoranda of understanding and collaborations with manufacturers, R&D institutes and universities in the country.
IMEC also intends to reinforce its collaborations in Taiwan by focusing on semiconductor process technology research with foundries, on IC and system design with companies and academia, on dedicated training, on facilitating the interaction between Europractice IC service and the Taiwanese foundries for low-cost IC prototyping and small volume production, and on developing heterogeneous process technologies for fablite and fabless companies.
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