Imec is the world's leading independent nanoelectronics R&D hub. The combination of our talent, infrastructure, and partner network enables breakthroughs towards microchips that are smaller, faster, more affordable, and more sustainable. We combine that nanotech expertise with data and AI to create and support applications for a smarter, better future.
Expertise
With firm roots in nanoelectronics, our portfolio covers a range of hardware and software technologies.
Research
In our 12,000 m² cleanrooms and state-of-the-art labs, we’re taking nano- and digital technology to the next level.
Design and foundry services
Building on our infrastructure and expertise, our partners are able to accelerate their digital innovation.
Venturing & start-ups
Our venturing ecosystem supports tech entrepreneurs by providing them with funds and knowhow.
Solutions
A selection of our mature technologies is available for immediate application in research and industry.
Applications
Get inspired by an overview of the ways in which imec’s technologies can transform your industry.
Sustainability
Take a look at how the goal of a sustainable future guides our research and our internal organization.
Press release
10 December 2024
Record-performing NbTiN-based interconnects, Josephson junctions, and MIM capacitors open doors to energy-efficient compute systems for AI and HPC
Press release
9 December 2024
Using RF silicon interposer technology to combine high-performance III-V chiplets with silicon-based wafer-scale packaging paves the way for cost-effective mmWave communication and sensing
Press release
7 December 2024
New standard cell architecture offers the most optimal trade-off between area efficiency and process complexity for logic and SRAM
Featured in the media
Press release
13 November 2024
Page-turner
Press release
25 October 2024
Vision
Vision
Vision
Accelerating beyond-2nm chip innovation across Europe
Press release
17 October 2024
Research update
Publications
Explore the scientific achievements of imec’s researchers, including those at affiliated university research groups.
Calendar
Imec at the 70th International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM)
San Francisco (CA), USA
Whispers
Helsinki, Finland
Laser focus world webinar: What does the next generation of on-chip spectral imaging offer?
Online
Microresist Webinar - From High-Density Structures to High-Index Materials: Expanding the Capabilities of Nanoimprint Lithography
Online
Semicon Japan 2024
Tokyo, Japan
IWPC webinar: Views on Automotive Sensing
Online
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