FAMES

Project
FD-SOI Pilot Line for Applications with embedded non-volatile Memories, RF, 3D integration and PMIC, to ensure European Sovereignty.

Description

The FAMES Pilot Line consortium, led by CEA-Leti, is composed of 4 Hosting Sites (CEA-Leti, Tyndall, VTT and SAL). Consortium also includes RTOs such as IMEC, Fraunhofer, CEZAMAT WUT, Universities with UC Louvain, Grenoble INP and Universidad of Granada, and the association SiNano.

With the goal of transferring results to the EU semiconductor industry, the FAMES Pilot Line will develop advanced technologies offering 2 generations of FD-SOI at 10 and 7nm nodes motivated by the growing adoption of FD-SOI technology. This FD-SOI platform will be enhanced with non-volatile memory, radiofrequency components, 3D options, and magnetic inductances to improve power management. These advancements will facilitate the development of innovative chip designs, offering significant performance improvements and efficiency gains. This will lead to next-generation products, including microcontrollers, MPUs, 5G/6G chips, imagers, sensors, secure chips, quantum chips, and edge AI chips.

The FAMES Pilot Line will offer users an open access framework for R&D services and prototyping. Access will be available through two mechanisms: a reactive one that will entail the consortium to evaluate the feasibility of Users spontaneous requests and a proactive one with an annual open call offering access to PDK, MPW, equipment, elementary processing steps, technology modules, process flows, IC building blocks, and results from demonstrators. Forty industrial companies have already expressed their intent to use the FAMES Pilot Line’s R&D services for technology evaluation.

Linked to the Design Platform and Competence Centers, the FAMES Pilot Line will establish a world-class environment dedicated to skill enhancement through specialized training and summer schools. It will champion sustainable practices within cleanrooms and process development.

With its expertise and knowledge, the consortium is poised to effectively launch the FAMES Pilot Line and transfer technologies to Industry.

https://fames-pilot-line.eu/partners/


Financing

This project has received funding (2023 – 2028) from Horizon Europe (HE), Digital Europe (DIGITAL) and Partners‘ National Public Authorities.

Coordinator

COMMISSARIAT Ŕ L’ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES (CEA-Leti)

Partners

INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC)
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV (FRANHOFER)
TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (VTT),
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK (TYNDALL)
POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA (WUT)
UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (UCLouvain)
SILICON AUSTRIA LABS GMBH (SAL)
SINANO INSTITUTE (SiNANO)
UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES AND INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE (Grenoble INP-UGA)
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

Project No

HE: 101182279, DIGITAL: 101182279

Project value

6.000.000,00 EUR