Below is a joint announcement from MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries.
MIT and GlobalFoundries (GF), the leading manufacturers of essential semiconductors, have announced a new research agreement that jointly pursues advances and innovations to improve the performance and efficiency of critical semiconductor technologies. The collaboration will be led by MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) and GF Labs, the research and development team at GF.
Early research focusing on artificial intelligence and other applications has led to the hope that the first project will utilize GF’s differentiated silicon photonics technology. It monolithically integrates the optical features of a radio frequency silicon-on-insulator (RF SOI), CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor), and single chips into a single chip to achieve power efficiency for GF. Consumption of intelligent devices at the edge.
“The collaboration between MIT MTL and GF illustrates the power of academia and industry collaboration in addressing the most pressing challenges in semiconductor research,” Palacios will serve as the lead for MIT faculty on this research initiative.
“By bringing together GF’s major semiconductor platforms and the world-renowned capabilities of MIT, we are in a position to drive key research advances in GF’s critical chip technologies in AI,” said Gregg Bartlett, GF’s chief technology officer. “This collaboration highlights our commitment to innovation and our commitment to developing the next generation of talent in the semiconductor industry. Together, we will study transformative solutions in the industry.”
“Integrated circuit technology is the core that drives a wide range of applications, from mobile computing and communication devices to automotive, energy and cloud computing,” said Anantha P. Chandrakasan, dean of MIT’s Faculty of Engineering, Chief Director of Innovation and Strategy, and Baneberbush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. “This collaboration will enable MIT’s outstanding research community to leverage global foundry’s wide industry domain experts and advanced process technologies to prepare them to play a key role in the future workforce while fostering exciting innovation in microelectronics across the domain.”
The new research agreement has been officially signed on MIT’s campus. It is based on GF’s successful past and its ongoing involvement with the university. GF serves MTL’s Microsystems Industrial Group, bringing together industry and academia to research. MIT faculty is actively involved in GF’s university partnership program focusing on joint semiconductor research and prototyping. Additionally, GF and MIT are collaborating on several workforce development initiatives through the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition, the US Department of Defense’s microelectronics commons hub.
