POLITEHNICA Bucharest puts Romania on the European semiconductor map through a Microelectronics Hub worth almost 90 million euros

POLITEHNICA Bucharest marked, through an opening conference, the launch of the four strategic projects in microelectronics, won through the PNRR call – Cross-border and multinational projects – low-power processors and semiconductor chips, part of the European IPCEI Microelectronics & Communications Technologies (ME/CT) program.

The National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest is involved in all four projects as an indirect participant, alongside leading industrial partners – Aumovio, Robert Bosch and NXP Semiconductors Romania. The total value of the projects is approaching 90 million euros, with funding being provided through the call dedicated to indirect participants within the PNRR.

Chips are the “brain” of modern technology. They are in cars, phones, medical equipment and in many systems that keep the economy moving. Through these projects, POLITEHNICA Bucharest aims to become a research and development hub for the microelectronics industry in Romania: a place where research is done, specialists are trained and a solid foundation for new investments and larger projects is built, step by step.

“We want POLITEHNICA Bucharest to be a place where technologies are designed, tested and validated that end up in real products. We want to become a hub of excellence in microelectronics where we can attract highly qualified specialists, foreign investments and where we can start to bring added value to the microelectronics industry in Romania. These projects mean stronger laboratories, larger research teams and more opportunities for students and researchers to work directly with the industry. We want this hub to become a reference in Europe for microelectronics and to lead to significant economic growth in the region.”, says the rector of POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Mihnea COSTOIU.

Around these projects, POLITEHNICA Bucharest wants to develop a microelectronics hub that will be the basis for the development of the microelectronics industry in Romania, through research and education, but also by attracting private and public investments in this essential field for Romania.

The funding supports clear directions that are important both for the industry and for the training of specialists. Among the main topics:

• Advanced packaging (chip encapsulation and assembly);
• Integrated circuit and chip design;
• Chip security;
• Hardware/software design and accelerators;
• Digital Twin / “digital twin”;
• Artificial Intelligence for the automotive industry;
• Radar / sensors / communications for the automotive industry.

POLITEHNICA Bucharest annually trains hundreds of graduates in electronics, mechatronics, telecommunications and information technologies. Microelectronics is a strategic field, and through these projects, together with industrial partners, we will accelerate research, development and innovation in Romania, for a stronger and more modern economy based on technology.

These initiatives complement the investments already started in microelectronics, including through the National Platform for Semiconductor Technologies, but also through the national and international projects that POLITEHNICA Bucharest carries out in the field of semiconductors.

With a tradition of over 200 years, the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest is the largest university in Romania. Through cutting-edge research programs, strategic partnerships with the private sector and public authorities, but also by training generations of specialists, POLITEHNICA Bucharest plays an essential role in the economic and technological development of Romania.

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