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MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION @ IMEC
SOME EXAMPLES
300mm PILOT LINE
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
HETEROGENEOUS
INTEGRATION
ELECTRONICS FOR
HEALTHCARE
& LIFE STYLE
WIRELESSCOMMUNICATION
IMAGE SENSORS &
VISION SYSTEMSENERGY SENSOR
SYSTEMS
FLEXIBLE
ELECTRONICS
AP
PL
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TIO
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CH MEMS SENSOR PHOTONICS
CORE CMOS
LITHOGRAPHY DEVICES INTERCONNECTS
Clear focus speeds up innovation
Ultra-low power wireless
electronics
Flexibleelectronics
Flexible wireless systems
Business proposition: share R&D costs and risks
Total Company Revenue
R&D Budget
Shared R&D
ExclusiveR&D
Shared R&D
Critical mass to create impact
Industry
Substrates
Materials
Equipment
Components
End products
Universities
Knowledge institutes
180own staff28nationalities
35students
40industrialresidents
Holst Centre Fundamentals
• Independent, with reputed parents
Founded by imec (1300 fte, Belgium) and TNO (4500
fte, The Netherlands)
Operational since 2006
• Critical mass to create impact
Staff of 180 researchers; >28 nationalities
Involving groups of mother organisations
70 industrial and academic residents
• Focus on relevant topics
Ultra-low-power and flexible electronics
Lighting, Solar, Displays, Healthcare
• Supported by strong eco-system
Global industrial and academic partners
Embedded in high-tech region
• Co-funded by local and Dutch government
Fastest growing R&D consortium in the Netherlands
Unite
Explore
Create
Believe
Succeed
Wearable health & Body Area Networks
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ELECTRONICS FOR
HEALTHCARE & LIFE STYLE
LIFE SCIENCES
Industry relevant R&D on grand challenges
BODY AREA
NETWORKSNERF
HIGH PERFORMANCE
COMPUTING FOR
LIFE SCIENCES
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SILICON NEUROTECH HUB
Building a multilateral partnership to
develop and validate next-generation
tools for neuroscience and neurology
based on the silicon nanotechnology
platform
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100 µm x 50 µm shank
456 electrodes and amplifiers
52 channels
Low noise: 4µV rms
Recording + stimulation
Signal filtering (LFPs , APs)
Analog-to-digital conversion
Digital interface to small PCB
Direct link to PC
C.M. Lopez, et al. ISSCC Conf., 2013, San Francisco
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THE SILICON PLATFORM IS UNIQUELY CAPABLE OF
INTEGRATING MANY FUNCTIONS INTO A SMALL FORM FACTOR
64-site Si probe
+
10 mm
2 m
100 kg
Many passive probes
+
Rack of electronics Integrated single-chip solution
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mch 20
ch 31
ch 37
ch 48
1.38 1.39 1.41time (s)
time (s)
Raw filtered data (0.3-6.0 kHz, 30 kS/s)
1.40 1.42
1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42
Acute experiments in anaesthetized rats
Ch 1-36,
51
Ch 37-48,
52
C.M. Lopez, et al. ISSCC Conf.,
2013, San Francisco
BASIC VALIDATION EXPERIMENTS
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R&D for fundamental neuroscientific questions
Collaborative, interdisciplinary research
Combining nanoelectronics with neurobiology
Long-term diagnostic and therapeutic applications
MISSION
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FOUNDING FATHERS
IMEC
Nanoelectronics
VIB
Biotechnology
K.U.Leuven
University Hospital
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TISSUE CULTURE, CELL BIOLOGY,
ELECTROPHYSOLOGY FACILITIES AT IMEC
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VIB RESEARCH BUILDING
Lab Space
17 000 m2 Lab space
Combination of wet and dry lab
Microscopy, Cell culture, ...
VIB SERVICE FACILITIES (2009)
ProteomicsExpertiseCenter
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Imec & VIB & KU Leuven
Unraveling the human
brain
Using technologies that
combine neurobiology and
nano-engineering
Study of neuronal circuits
and how they steer
perception, memory,
thought and behavior
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AMBITION 2017+: NEUROTECH HUB
Clinical
partner(s)
Imec/
NERF
Chip
makers
System
integrators
Medical
device co
Bio-
Pharma Materials
Assay
Dev
Clinical
end-users
……
Tools
Establish a cross-industry partnership to enable the development
and validation of silicon nanotechnology platform-based solutions
for neuroscience and neurology.
ENABLING DATA INTENSIVE HIGH PERFORMANCE
ANALYTICS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
PHARMA AND ICT-HEALTH COMPANY PARTNERS
GASPI, MPI, ...
Fortran, C, ASM, Stencil Compilers, ...
Sturdy Development
Long running, batch oriented jobs
Computational Performanceis everything
HDF, Lustre, ...
Threads, OpenMP, Fork/Join, Cilk+, ...
Vectorization, SIMD Intrinsics, ...
the Cloud, Hadoop, REST, ...
Java, Python, R, BASH, Javascript, ...
Quick Development
Online, Realtime
Flexibility is everything
ASCII Files, NoSQL, ...
MultiCore ?
Call C/Fortan Libraries
The ‘Missing Middle’
GASPI, MPI, ...
Fortran, C, ASM, Stencil Compilers, ...
HDF, Lustre, ...
Threads, OpenMP, Fork/Join, Cilk+, ...
Vectorization, SIMD Intrinsics, ...
the Cloud, Hadoop, REST, ...
Java, Python, R, BASH, Javascript, ...
ASCII Files, NoSQL, ...
MultiCore ?
Call C/Fortan Libraries
The ‘Missing Middle’
GASPI, MPI, ...
Fortran, C, ASM, Stencil Compilers, ...
HDF, Lustre, ...
Threads, OpenMP, Fork/Join, Cilk+, ...
Vectorization, SIMD Intrinsics, ...
the Cloud, Hadoop, REST, ...
Java, Python, R, BASH, Javascript, ...
ASCII Files, NoSQL, ...
MultiCore ?
Call C/Fortan Libraries
the ExaScience Life Lab
Drug Development Life Cycle
DNA / RNA Sequencing
ChemoGenomics
Adaptive TrialDesign
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Architectural Simulation
Data Intensive Parallel Programming Models
Computational Mathematics
Life Sciences
Next Gen Architectures
Next Gen OffCore
Architectures
Architectural Simulator
Programming Language
Composition
Communication Avoiding
Algorithms
Bio Data Mining
Dynamic Load Balancing
HPC Machine Learning
Real Time HPC Visual Analytics
HPC Cloud Programming
Models
HPC ODE/PDE Kernels
Bio Statistical Models
ChemoGenomics
Adaptive Trial
Design
DNA / RNA Sequencin
g
Lifescience specific ‘Si’-architecture
High
Throughput
Screening
Consumer Health
Analytics
ENABLING DATA INTENSIVE HIGH PERFORMANCE
ANALYTICS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PHARMA AND
ICT HEALTH COMPANY PARTNERS
