The FAMES Pilot Line pioneering initiative promotes semiconductor technologies in Europe by supporting the emergence of higher-performance, more energy-efficient, and more sustainable chip designs
The objectives of the fames Pilot Line are to establish a domestic semiconductor Pilot Line for cutting-edge microelectronic technologies in Europe, and provide open access to this Pilot Line to stakeholders of the electronic value chain. These objectives are aligned with those of the EU Chips Act: bolster the EU semiconductor industry and support European technological sovereignty through innovations, facilitated access to R&D, and training.
The FAMES Consortium brings together an outstanding group of partners : CEA-Leti, coordinator of the pilot line (France), imec (Belgium), Fraunhofer Mikroelektronik (Germany), Tyndall (Ireland), VTT (Finland), CEZAMAT WUT (Poland), UCLouvain (Belgium), Silicon Austria Labs (Austria), SiNANO Institute (France), Grenoble INP-UGA (France), and the University of Granada (Spain).
The development of FD-SOI at 10nm and 7nm nodes, combined with non-volatile memories (NVM) and 3D options, RF components and smart PMIC (power management for Integrated circuits) provides a pathway to deliver high-performance, low-power consumption solutions for future chips. These high-performance and low-power solutions will sustainably support the massive digitalization of our society by paving the way for new IC architectures, substantially reducing the overall circuit power consumption.
Semiconductor manufacturing, known for its technological precision, also generates a significant environmental footprint. The FAMES Pilot Line will drive eco-friendly practices by prioritizing resource optimization, advocating for a circular economy, and minimizing waste across the entire technological process, from chip design to manufacturing. Consequently, FAMES Pilot Line will significantly bolster the industry’s pursuit of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
The FAMES pilot line offers European semiconductor stakeholders from industry, research, and academia access to a unique slate of advanced semiconductor technologies, plus chip design, prototyping, testing, demonstration, and manufacturing capabilities. This unique open-access model allows users to access the pilot line’s unparalleled resources in one of two ways:
The FAMES Pilot Line presents an unrivaled combination of forefront technologies, chip design expertise prototype testing, demonstrators and process capabilities. The technologies developed in the FAMES Pilot Line will enable new chip architectures, and will allow new generations of microcontrollers, microprocessor units, chips for 5G/6G, smart imagers, smart sensors, processors for data fusion, wearable devices, trusted chips, quantum and cryoCMOS, edge AI chip and advanced packaging with chiplets, to name a few. The key pillar technologies of the FAMES Pilot Line are:
Through annual calls and user project submissions, the FAMES pilot line offers European semiconductor stakeholders (industry, research, and academia) access to a unique portfolio of advanced semiconductor technologies, chip design, prototyping, testing, demonstration, and manufacturing capabilities. This access will give users the opportunity to explore the miniaturization of electronics to address a wide spectrum of semiconductor markets, strengthening European leadership and opening up new opportunities. Through the technologies developed in the project and the access provided to the FAMES Pilot Line users, FAMES aims at increasing European technological leadership and at generating intellectual property.
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FAMES is a European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme
Website designed and made by Perceptiom and FAMES
FAMES is a European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme
Website designed and made by Perceptiom and FAMES
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