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Designing tomorrow’s chips: how NanoIC is accelerating the race for next generation chip architectures with its process design kits

Discover how NanoIC’s early-access PDKs help researchers and industry explore future logic, memory and interconnect technologies.

NeuroIGNITOR neuromodulation

NeuroIGNITOR, a selective bidirectional platform for advanced neuromodulation.

PR IC Link TSMC

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23 September 2026

IC-Link by imec expands collaboration with TSMC to accelerate customer access to advanced-node chip design infrastructure and support

Through TSMC's OIP Cloud Alliance, the collaboration combines secure cloud-based design capabilities with access to advanced node technology and expert support to help innovators bring chips to market faster.

PR ECOC 100 GHz APD

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21 September 2026

Imec debuts 100 GHz Ge/Si avalanche photodiode (APD) enabling net 400 Gbps data reception at just 5 V

Manufactured on its 300mm silicon photonics platform, imec's novel APD lays the foundation for the next generation of AI data center optical interconnects

96-band linescan sensor

Integration-ready 96-band linescan sensor sets new standard for on-chip hyperspectral imaging

Delivering unmatched light sensitivity and low manufacturing variability, imec's latest 96-band hyperspectral sensor is now commercially ready for camera builders.

Joris Van Campenhout

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Meet imec fellow Joris Van Campenhout

"Interdisciplinary collaboration is of high importance in facing complex problems and delivering best-in-class solutions."

PR CAR extension

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8 September 2026

Imec demonstrates the extension of chemically amplified resists for High NA EUV lithography

Imec and its material suppliers optimize their chemically amplified resist (CAR)-based platforms toward High NA EUV single patterning of 22nm pitch line structures supporting A14/A10 logic designs 

Brain-computer interfaces

The evolution of brain-computer interfaces: moving toward less invasive, bidirectional, multimodal neural platforms

Imec explores together with key leaders in the field the next frontier of brain-computer interfaces and neuromodulation, to make treatments less invasive, and more precise.

PR Sperconducting

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7 September 2026

Imec advances scalable superconducting technology with world-first NbTiN circuits and 30nm interconnects

New superconducting digital program brings together foundries, system companies and hyperscalers around industry needs in next-gen HPC, AI, quantum computing, photonics and neuromorphic computing