STMicroelectronics, a large semiconductor supplier, announced that it has expanded its Grenoble-based Innovation and Systems Integration Center (CIIS), which is dedicated to System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions.
Located in the heart of the Polygone Scientifique, the Grenoble scientific cluster, CIIS will offer two new facilities covering a total area of 13,000 m2. This comes on top of the existing 32,000 m2 of offices, 8,000 m2 of clean rooms and labs, and 1,800 m2 of test facilities. Designed to accommodate 600 employees, this extension confirms ST’s ongoing commitment to the Grenoble community ever since it first established a presence there in the early 1970s. Today, ST’s Grenoble site is recognized throughout the world as Europe’s foremost integrated circuit (IC) design facility.
One of the main drivers in the region’s microelectronics industry, the site currently employs over 2,300 people, 80 percent of whom are engineers and managers. At least 25 different nationalities are represented among multi-disciplinary teams renowned for their world-class expertise. The CIIS is constantly designing new complex ICs dedicated to specific applications such as cellular phones, data networks, computers, digital cameras, HDTV and multimedia. They are designed in state-of-the-art CMOS 90 nm or 65 nm technologies, developed at ST’s Crolles facility and produced on 300 mm wafers.
The CIIS covers the entire product value chain, bringing together at the same site product management teams, marketing, IC hardware and software development, and assembly.
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