Microelectronics work in the ESPRIT program
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The European Community's (EC's) Strategic Program of Research and Development (R&D) in Information Technology (ESPRIT) has been a major stimulant for Western Europe's information technology (IT) industry, particularly its microelectronics sector. The two-phase ESPRIT program was founded in 1984 to promote collaborative IT R&D projects between partners in different EC countries. The goal was to pull together the EC's fragmented and world-lagging IT industry. Major microelectronics efforts in ESPRIT's first phase focused on developing computer-aided tools for more rapid design and testing of integrated circuits (ICs) and on CMOS, bipolar, biCMOS and gallium-arsenide process technologies. The successful projects and the consequent transfer of technology to industry are discussed. The second phase is focusing on high-density, high-speed and multifunction ICs.
Publication Name: Proceedings of the IEEE
Subject: Electronics
ISSN: 0018-9219
Year: 1989
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Cooperative research on application-specific microelectronics
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Stuttgart Institute for Microelectronics (IMS, West Germany) is a highly successful non-profit foundation which assists small and medium-sized firms in the collaborative design, test, prototyping, and small-scale production of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs); supports cooperative research at regional to international levels, and furthers the education of scientific and technical personnel. IMS was founded by the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Federal Republic of Germany and includes over 100 member firms in its Association of Industrial Affiliates. Example projects include a program to reduce time and cost for developing and testing ASICs and development of the CMOS GATE FOREST technology. IMS also participates in the automotive and traffic microelectronics project of the European Community's Eureka research effort.
Publication Name: Proceedings of the IEEE
Subject: Electronics
ISSN: 0018-9219
Year: 1989
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Collaborative semiconductor research in Japan
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Independent collaborative semiconductor research in Japan has focused on a succession of three joint research laboratories: the Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit Research Laboratory (VLSI-RL, 1976-80), the Optoelectronics Joint Research Laboratory (OJL, 1981-86), and the Optoelectronics Technology Research Laboratory (OTL, 1986-present). VLSI-RL investigated near-term technologies, but the OJL and OTL were charted to develop materials technologies that would be the foundation of optoelectronic integrated circuits. The goals, organization, relation to member companies and to Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, major research activities and technology transfer processes of each research lab are discussed. The three joint research labs demonstrate the viability of the concept, particularly for long-term research targets.
Publication Name: Proceedings of the IEEE
Subject: Electronics
ISSN: 0018-9219
Year: 1989
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