Since June 2006, Grenoble is hosting the national centre for innovation in micro and nanotechnology (the Minatec centre) under the initiative of the CEA (the Centre for Atomic Energy) , the Institut Polytecnique of Grenoble (Grenoble INP) and local authorities. By 2005, nearly 180 million Euros were invested in this project.
The project aims to manage the whole range of competences. It consists of a new engineering school (Phelma), the laboratories involved (IMEP-LAHC, LMGP, LTM, Spintec,...) and an in-house training centre in microelectronics and nanotechnology.
To accelerate the process of innovation and take advantage of the pluridisciplinarity of the fields covered, the centre will be endowed with a facility ( the Maison Minatec) responsible for is running ,support and influence at both national and international level.. Furthermore, locally, ST Microelectronics together with other partners, as IBM recently, on the Crolles site in the region, had been investing with the aid of the French State and local authorities in the research and production of new and advanced microelectronic circuits on 300 mm diameter silicon wafers.
Within the MINATEC framework, other projects are under way in the institution, in partnership with the UJF and the CEA:
Date of update April 17, 2019
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