CEA-Leti, a technology research institute at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission technology research unit (CEA Tech), announced the launch of the FAMES Pilot Line. FAMES will receive €830 million in funding, contributed equally by the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) and the participating states.

 

This pilot line will drive European semiconductor technologies even further, by supporting the emergence of higher-performance, more energy-efficient, and more sustainable chip designs. For this, it will develop five new set of technologies based on FD-SOI, embedded non-volatille memories, radio-frequency components, 3D integration options and small inductors to develop DC-DC converters for Power Management Integrated Circuits 
 

The FAMES Consortium brings together 11 members from European countries: CEA-Leti (France), imec (Belgium), Fraunhofer (Germany), Tyndall (Ireland), VTT (Finland), CEZAMAT WUT (Poland), Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), Silicon Austria Lab (Austria), SiNANO Institute (France), Grenoble INP (France) and the University of Granada (Spain). It will also be accessible to all EU stakeholders (universities, RTOs, SMEs and industrial companies) and all like-minded countries through annual open calls and upon request, following a fair and non-discriminatory selection process.

Read the press release here: https://www.cea.fr/cea-tech/leti/english/Pages/What's-On/Press%20release/cea-leti-announceslaunch-of-FAMES-pilot-line-as-part-of-EU-chips-act-initiative.aspx

FAMES website: https://fames-pilot-line.eu/