AUTOMATION OPTIMATION EUROPE 2014

It concentrates expertise on research, development and manufacturing of leading-edge technologies in order to drive semiconductor industry at the top. Major players are e.g. the Technical University which has recently succeeded in the German Excellence Initiative, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Infineon. The cooperation among all these players has evolved Silicon Saxony, a collaborative association with around 300 companies (40,000 employees) that represents the largest center of microelectronics in Europe. Dresden, the “City of Science”, has 11 Fraunhofer institutes, including Fraunhofer Center for Nanoelectronic Technologies (CNT), the IFW, the HZDR and further research institutes devoted to semiconductors.