The three-question interview with: Eric Cheminot, CEO, Bag-Era

   – What business is your company in? Bag-Era is an IT engineering firm that focuses on digital transformation, operating security, and the synchronization of distributed and other complex systems. We also design and develop gateway solutions to connect and synchronize various hardware and software throughout the enterprise, either locally or via cloud-based services.   … Lire la suite » ... Read more »

Report on the Fourth IRT Forum

The Fourth IRT Forum was hosted by IRT SystemX at EDF Lab Paris-Saclay’s new facility in Palaiseau. Throughout the morning, some of France’s major research and innovation stakeholders took the stage in a series of presentations and panel talks, sharing their insights into the IRTs before an audience of 350 attendees. The event highlighted the… Lire la suite » ... Read more »

Report from Semicon Europa and IoT Planet

IRT Nanoelec attended the Semicon Europa and IoT Planet trade shows, which were held simultaneously in Grenoble on October 25–27, 2016. Leti’s booth at Semicon Europa featured seven themes, including one dedicated to IRT Nanoelec’s programs. The three-day event gave us an opportunity to showcase our 3D integration and silicon photonics programs.     Easytech,… Lire la suite » ... Read more »

Best Paper Award at ESTC 2016 (Electronics System Integration Technology Conference)

The paper “Packaging of high speed 100 Gbps silicon photonic photoreceiver module using 50 μm pitch microbump Flip-Chip and Chip-On-Board approach” co-authored by Olivier Castany, Benjamin Blampey, Benoit Charbonnier, Gabriel Pares, Maxime Germain, Isabelle Borel, Stephane Malhouitre, Christophe Kopp, and Stephane Bernabe (Grenoble Alpes University, CEA Leti); and Enrico Temporiti (STMicroelectronics) won the Best Paper Award at… Lire la suite » ... Read more »

Partnership signed with IRT Railenium

From passengers and station managers to train stations and even the tracks, when it comes to train travel, everyone and everything are connected. Passengers are looking for new online travel services.  Operators are seeking ways to increase efficiency and protect the safety of both trains and rail infrastructure. And, with the advent of the Internet… Lire la suite » ... Read more »

SilverLab project results

The SilverLab project (an initiative of the IRT Nanoelec PULSE program, Leti, and Schneider Electric) was set up to develop software embedded on a home-automation controller capable of monitoring elderly people’s day-to-day activities, with the ultimate goal of helping people live at home safely longer. Schneider Electric France developed a beta version of the software,… Lire la suite » ... Read more »

Vincent Marcatté (President, Association of French Institutes of Technology) speaks before French Parliament’s scientific and technical advisory committee

Vincent Marcatté, President of the Association of French Institutes of Technology (FIT) that unites the country’s IRTs, spoke before the French Parliament’s scientific and technical advisory committee on June 30 at a public hearing open to the press. The hearing, on research and technology transfer, was chaired by Representative Jean-Yves Le Déaut. The public hearing… Lire la suite » ... Read more »

Silicon photonics contract signed with MPW

IRT Nanoelec and MPW (Multi Project Wafer) recently signed a partnership agreement for silicon photonic circuit fabrication—the first partnership of its kind anywhere in the world. The silicon photonic circuits will be fabricated on 200 mm SOI wafers with a 310 nm silicon layer. The partnership is expected to result in high-density miniaturized components at… Lire la suite » ... Read more »

Plexus interactive, immersive educational demonstrators

The Plexus learning suite to be released by Grenoble Ecole de Management in October 2016 in partnership with IRT Nanoelec will feature eight totally redesigned, reinvented, and revamped course modules that will provide an interactive, collaborative, immersive learning experience based on real innovation projects. Plexus’ eight course modules cover a range of topics, from forecasting,… Lire la suite » ... Read more »

Training: new certificate program in analog electronics

Grenoble Institute of Technology and STMicroelectronics have partnered up to offer a new certificate program in analog electronics. The pilot session kicked off in June with nineteen participants, all STMicroelectronics employees. The certificate program is offered by the Grenoble Institute of Technology’s continuing and executive education division and Phelma engineering school and was developed for… Lire la suite » ... Read more »