The labelled MEDEA+ projects are the lifeblood of this new industry-initiated Pan-European programme for advanced cooperative R&D in microelectronics.
For each of them, MEDEA+ plans to issue in the coming months a "Project Profile" pointing out basic requirements and strategic perception as well as expected micro- and macroeconomic benefits. The Project Profiles sheets will provide you with more detailed information and will certainly help you to better understand the variety of tasks within MEDEA+.
The first nine Project Profiles are just being mailed to the editors. They cover projects whose consortia were among the first to start their work in 2001.
In Applications...
In Applications the focus is on the communication work area (3 mutually well aligned projects in the "access"domain: A103, A105, A106) and on the system design work area (2 projects to advance seamless design: A510, A511):
A103: Unified network access for e-Europe (UniAccess) PROVIDING INEXPENSIVE INTERNET FOR ALL.
A105: Universal wireless local area network (UniLAN) OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPE IN WIRELESS LAN.
A510: Analogue enhancements for a system-to-silicon automated design (ANASTASIA+) BRIDGING THE ANALOGUE-DIGITAL DESIGN GAP.
A511: Tools and methods for IP (TOOLIP) SHORT CUTS TO SUCCESSFUL SOC DESIGN.
In Technologies...
Three Technologies Project Profiles illustrate very advanced R&D for next generations technologies (T201, T302, T303), and in T123 the focus is on dedicated technology supporting system-on-chip solutions for fast growing application sectors:
T201: CMOS logic 0.1 ?m and below HEADING FOR THE 65-NM CHIP GENERATION.
T302: Atomic layer deposition for 100 nm devices (ALAD1N+) BREAKTHROUGH PROCESS KEY TO TRANSISTOR SHRINKAGE.
T303: Contactless anneal and silicides system (CLASS) FASTER WAFER HEATER WILL SPEED CHIP PRODUCTION.
T123: Expanding non-volatile memory and analogue functionalities for systems-on-chip (CRESCENDO) MORE FUNCTIONALITY IN MIXED-SIGNAL SOCS.
The labelled MEDEA+ projects are the lifeblood of this new industry-initiated Pan-European programme for advanced cooperative R&D in microelectronics.
