SITRI, the innovation center for accelerating the development and commercialization of “More than Moore” solutions to power the Internet of Things, and CEA-Leti, the Grenoble, France-based research and technology organization focused on creating value and innovation through technology transfer to industrial partners, in affiliation with MINATEC, the Grenoble, France-based innovation campus have together announced the signing of a comprehensive agreement for ongoing collaboration and cooperation in developing new technologies to power the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market.
The agreement combines the respective strengths of CEA-Leti and SITRI to accelerate the commercialization of innovative “More than Moore” technologies and develop the ecosystem needed to bring new ideas and companies in this space to the market. The framework agreement broadly covers all joint areas of research at SITRI and CEA-Leti, including microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and sensors, 5G radio-frequency (RF) front ends, ultra-low power computing and communication, radio-frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF-SOI) and fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) technologies.
SOI brings cost, performance, power and integration advantages to the areas of ICs, RF, MEMS, and communications. Through this partnership, SITRI, MINATEC, CEA-Leti and the entire ecosystem will be able to promote and extend this ecosystem to SOI partners worldwide, and provide SOI solutions to the emerging Chinese IoT market. SOI, or “Silicon on Insulator,” is a key technology in the development of Moore’s Law and “More than Moore” solutions for the IC industry.
