Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Industrial Alliance on Processors and Semiconductor Technologies
Europe has found that it is highly vulnerable in the field of semiconductors.
It is not the only country or the only continent that with the pandemic has found itself having to depend on suppliers concentrated in very few countries. Both for design and for production and assembly.
It is true that globalization helps to optimize processes and value chains but any global crisis, be it a pandemic, a war, a serious natural disaster can stop the world's economy.
The Industrial Alliance for Processor and Semiconductor Technologies, started in 2021, invite the actors of the EU electronics value chain, including academia, research and technology organisations, but also users, to join forces to maintain and enhance competitiveness in this sector in the EU.
It is not the only country or the only continent that with the pandemic has found itself having to depend on suppliers concentrated in very few countries. Both for design and for production and assembly.
It is true that globalization helps to optimize processes and value chains but any global crisis, be it a pandemic, a war, a serious natural disaster can stop the world's economy.
The Industrial Alliance for Processor and Semiconductor Technologies, started in 2021, invite the actors of the EU electronics value chain, including academia, research and technology organisations, but also users, to join forces to maintain and enhance competitiveness in this sector in the EU.
The objectives
The alliance aims to identify existing gaps and technological developments needed for the competitiveness of R&T businesses and organizations active in the sector in the EU, including smaller European players.
It will provide the EU with the necessary capabilities in semiconductor technologies.
In doing so, it will power its critical digital infrastructure and communications networks, as well as verticals such as automotive, industrial automation, healthcare, and AI-enabled systems.
This translates into 2 main lines of action, to address the main gaps Europe is facing:
- The first is the strengthening of the European e-design ecosystem. In particular, state-of-the-art node design and open source hardware solutions, to develop the most powerful and resource-efficient processors.
- The second is to establish the necessary production capacity. This may include advanced packaging and assembly testing by a diverse mix of local and global players to produce the next generation of reliable processors, other electronic components and technologies. This will result in a double track to be developed in parallel: moving Europe towards a production capacity between 16 nanometers (nm) and 10 nanometers, as well as between 5 nm and 2 nm and beyond.
Join the Alliance
Any organisation can join by signing the declaration if they meet the eligibility criteria and have existing or planned activities in processor and semiconductor technologies. That includes end-user companies, associations, and research and technology organisations.
