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IMEC and its DESICS division

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• Personnel (1999): ± 850 people

• 30,000 m2 facilities, incl. 6000m2 ultra clean processing area (1750 m2 class 1)

• Close worldwide interaction with industry

• Closely associated with universities and research institutes throughout the world

• Founded: January 1984 by the Government of Flanders

• Largest independent microelectronics research center of Europe

• Annual research budget (1999): 80 million $

IMEC

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Based upon IMEC’s

strong Background Information interdisciplinary teams

design, processing, packaging, micro-systems worldwide networking visionary research programmes

MISSION STATEMENT

To perform R&D ahead of industrial needs by 3 to 10 years in the field

of ICT !

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Design of Integrated Information and Communication Systems

• System-on-chip, MPEG-4, broadband wireless systems,...

Silicon Process Technology

• Lithography, Cu & low-k back end, salicides, clean, dry etch, ...

Silicon Technology and Device Integration

• Deep submicron CMOS, BiCMOS, NVM, reliability analysis, ...

Microsystems, Components and Packaging

• Packaging, opto-electronic components, imagers, smart sensors and integrated microsystems, solar cells, ...

IC design training Associated University Laboratories

Research - areas of concentration

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IMEC strengths / uniqueness :

- Critical mass, multi-disciplinary teams

- Focus on applications:

Intelligent Access Terminal

Wireless LAN

Multimedia Image Compression

- We go all the way: e.g. Ozone, Festival, ...

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Our IIAP programs

IIAP on MPEG-4

IIAP on Wireless

LAN

IP Re-use

A/D Partitioning

Mixed Signal Design

IIAP on SOC++

Memory Optimization

Training

Know-How Transfer

(“White Box”-IP)(“White Box”-IP)

HW/SW Co-designSystem Performance Modeling

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General scheme and concept

Delegation of an industrial researcher to IMEC for a

period of one year

IMEC Industrial Window

future R&D path of IMEC

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Conclusions:

IMEC’s DECICS division is a center of excellence focussing its research on DESIGN TECHNOLOGY on the following applications:

- Intelligent Access Terminal- Wireless LAN- Multimedia Image Compression

We can help you to:- Optimize your algorithms and architectures- Decrease the power consumption of your

systems- Speed up your time-to-market for complex

SoC’sby our:

- Object Oriented design environment- Memory management methodologies and tools- IP in DSP, Embedded SW, MPEG-4, OFDM,

SDMA, RF, Memory management, MCM-D, MEMS, etc..