IPCEI – Shaping the Future of Microelectronics Innovation in Europe
Moderator: Patrick Pype (NXP)
Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) play a vital role in strengthening European value chains and supporting the Union’s main political goals, such as the Green Deal and Digital Strategy, while also advancing sovereignty.
IPCEIs complement other research and development programs - including EFECS, Eureka, Chips JU, and Horizon Europe - by adding “First Industrial Deployment” (FID) activities to traditional R&D&I efforts.
Currently, IPCEI ME/CT (Microelectronics and Communication Technologies) represents the largest IPCEI to date, with an €8 billion funding budget and about €14 billion in private investment, involving 14 Member States and over 600 companies.
The IPCEI ME/CT program includes 4 workstreams and a spillover activity. The work-streams corresponding to the complementary technical objectives along the microelectronics value chain are: (1) sense, (2) think, (3) communicate and (4) act with spillover as an additional key activity.
Presentations of the IPCEI community:
- Introduction – what is an IPCEI?
- Looking forward, research and development communities - including students and PhD candidates - will be key in driving progress for future IPCEIs. Priority research areas will be presented based on current findings of the IPCEI ME/CT in the different workstreams. The following schedule is planned:
- 9:20: Ferdinand Bell, NXP Semiconductors: ”Current and future view on Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI)”
- 9:40: Thomas Roedle, Infineon Technologies: “Infineon RF GaN-on-Silicon, a European high-performance, cost-efficient technology for RF power applications”
- 10:00: Carl Henning Cabos, NXP Semiconductors: “Bosch ECU Demonstrator with NXP S32N7”
- 10:20: Norbert Thyssen, Infineon Technologies: “Smart Power solutions enabling AI”
- 10:40: Tomáš Bort, Mycroft Mind: “Grid Intelligence: Bridging the current IPCEI ME/CT and the future IPCEI AST"
