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Also known as imec, IMEC

Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC; officially stylised as imec) is an international research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies with headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. Luc Van den hove has served as president and CEO since 2009.

Key facts

Company.name
IMEC
Company.logo
LOGO-IMEC black.svg
Company.image
IMEC 2.jpg
Company.image_caption
IMEC Headquarters in Leuven, Belgium
Company.type
Nonprofit company
Company.industry
Nanoelectronics, digital technologies
Company.genre
Independent research center
Company.founder
Roger Van Overstraeten
Company.location_city
Leuven
Company.locations
Belgium (5), Netherlands (3), United States (6), Taiwan (1), Japan (1), United Kingdom (1), Germany (1), Spain (1), Italy (1) and India (1)
Company.key_people
Luc Van den hove (President and CEO)
Company.services
R&D, business incubation, IP licensing, prototyping, training
Company.revenue
846 million Euro (2022)
Company.num_employees
>5,000
Company.location_country
Belgium

via Wikipedia infobox

Research organization · ROR

Type
Funder, Nonprofit
Founded
1984
Location
Leuven, Belgium
Also known as
Institut de Micro-Électronique et Composants, Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum, Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre
Status
Active

GRID grid.15762.37 · ISNI 0000 0001 2215 0390

Official website

Imec R&D, nano electronics and digital technologies

Imec is the world-leading R&D and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies.

imec-int.com

Link to the official site · 14,106 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Country
Belgium
Headquarters
Leuven
Employees
5000
Official website
www.imec.be/nl
Image
IMEC 2.jpg
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inception
1982-00-00
social media followers
6656
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
hashtag
IMEC
Commons category
IMEC
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • History
  • Advanced semiconductor scaling
  • Energy
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Smart cities
  • Image sensors and vision systems
  • Smart health
  • Neuropixels technology
  • Brain-On-Chip research
  • Point of care blood test devices (Johns Hopkins University & miDiagnostics)
  • Wearables
  • Breathalyzer
  • IMEC Malaga
  • References
  • External links

Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC; officially stylised as imec) is an international research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies with headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. Luc Van den hove has served as president and CEO since 2009.

IMEC has more than 5,500 employees and researchers for advanced semiconductor R&D activities, also including system scaling, silicon photonics, artificial intelligence, beyond 5G communications and sensing technologies. In 2022, IMEC's revenue (P&L) totaled 846 million euro.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.