STMicroelectronics has expanded its Innovation and Systems Integration Center (CIIS), which is based in Grenoble, Switzerland. The center, dedicated to system-on-chip solutions, is located in the heart of the Polygone Scientifique, the Grenoble scientific cluster, and will offer two new facilities covering a total area of 13,000 m2. This is in addition to 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 the company’s ongoing commitment to the Grenoble community, which stems back to the early 1970s. Today, its Grenoble site is recognized throughout the world as Europe’s foremost integrated circuit design facility. The CIIS covers the entire product value chain, bringing together product management teams, marketing, IC hardware and software development, and assembly.
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 the company’s facility in Crolles, France, and produced on 300 mm wafers.
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