IMEC and its DESICS division 1 imec 1999

IMEC and its DESICS division 1 © imec 1999

IMEC • Founded: January 1984 by the • Largest independent microelectronics Government of Flanders research center of Europe • Annual research budget (1999): 80 million $ • Personnel (1999): ± 850 people • 30, 000 m 2 facilities, incl. 6000 m 2 ultra clean processing area (1750 m 2 class 1) • Close worldwide interaction with industry • Closely associated with universities and research institutes throughout the world 2 © imec 1999

MISSION STATEMENT To perform R&D ahead of industrial needs by 3 to 10 years in the field of ICT ! Based upon IMEC’s 3 > strong Background Information > interdisciplinary teams > design, processing, packaging, micro-systems > worldwide networking > visionary research programmes © imec 1999

Research - areas of concentration. 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, Bi. CMOS, 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 4 © imec 1999

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, . . . 5 © imec 1999

Our IIAP programs g Trainin How T ra nsfer IIAP on MPEG 4 IIAP on Wireless LAN (“White Box”-IP) Memory Optimization Mixed Signal Design IP Re-use SW HW/ 6 Know- sign Co-de System Perform IIAP on SOC++ ance Modeling A/D Partitioning © imec 1999

IMEC Industrial Window General scheme and concept P 1 BIx grows ttm future R&D path of IMEC P 2 P 8 $ P 3 P 7 P 4 P 6 Background Information (in a specific R&D domain) (BIx) P 5 Delegation of an industrial researcher to IMEC for a period of one year 7 © imec 1999

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 So. C’s by 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. . 8 © imec 1999