Description

In our work and daily lives, we increasingly surround ourselves with smart microelectronics, based on semiconductor chips. The design, manufacturing and also testing of these chips are among the absolute marvels of human ingenuity. At IMEC in Leuven, Flanders, 2000 people are doing pioneering research in this field for just about every major chip company in the world.

Today, chips contain billions of transistors, each only a few nanometres in size. To sustain the unprecedented growth in computing power and communication speed for low (energy) costs, the next step is vertical stacking of chips (3D).

At IMEC in Leuven, we will have a talk by ir Erik Jan Marinissen PDEng. This talk will cover the design, manufacturing and also testing for manufacturing defects of both conventional and new 3D stacked computer chips. In addition, IMEC gives us the opportunity to visit the so-called 'clean-room' and we can take a look at the testing laboratory.

Following the visit to IMEC, we will go out for dinner (mainly also to avoid the traffic jams around Brussels) at Wok Dynasty in Heverlee (Leuven). See www.wokdynasty.be


You are welcome (after registration) on Wednesday 5 June 2013. The bus leaves at 1 pm in Terneuzen (Westerscheldetunnel P+R bus station) and will then travel to Leuven via pick-up points Axel (De Halle) and Hulst (Morres). Of course, you can also come to Leuven on your own. When booking, please indicate the pick-up point (Terneuzen, Axel, Hulst or Leuven). The visit to IMEC will last until approx. 17:30. The bus will depart back to Terneuzen at approx. 20.00. We will then be back by 22.00 at the latest.

Location

Imec

Leuven

Organiser

Electrical Engineering

Region Zeeland

Name and contact details for information

For more information, please contact Vincent Calon at

vincentcalon@zeelandnet.nl

IMEC