1. © imec 1999 1 IMEC and its DESICS division

2. © imec 1999 2 Personnel (1999): ± 850 people 30,000 m 2 facilities, incl. 6000m 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 Founded: January 1984 by the Government of Flanders Largest independent microelectronics research center of Europe Annual research budget (1999): 80 million $ IMEC

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

4. © imec 1999 4  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, BiCMOS, 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 Research - areas of concentration

5. © imec 1999 5 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,...

6. © imec 1999 6 Our IIAP programs IIAP on MPEG-4 IIAP on Wireless LAN IP Re-use A/D Partitioning Mixed Signal Design IIAP on SOC++ Memory Optimization Training Know-How Transfer (“White Box”-IP) HW/SW Co-design System Performance Modeling

7. © imec 1999 7 General scheme and concept Delegation of an industrial researcher to IMEC for a period of one year IMEC Industrial Window future R&D path of IMEC Background Information (in a specific R&D domain) (BI x ) $ttm BI x grows P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8

8. © imec 1999 8 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 SoC’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..