Stanford SystemX director Rick Bahr, pictured, said: “Leti’s extensive, advanced clean room facilities and expertise are truly impressive and I can see now that Stanford and Leti are very complementary. It makes real sense for us to find more ways to work together on developing new technologies and their demonstrators.”
Barbara De Salvo, Leti’s scientific director, added: “Leti brings its scientific excellence and expertise on technology transfer and will have access to Stanford’s top-notch upstream research and network. Stanford’s dynamic culture will inspire Leti on the road to new scientific territories and lead to strong programmes with the Silicon Valley ecosystem.”
The Alliance – which includes companies such as Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Toshiba and Infineon – is focused on hardware and software at all levels of the system stack. The partners are said to be working on research strategies that could lead to next generation applications, including self-driving cars and artificial intelligence systems for mobile, medical and smart homes.
Research topics are said to range from materials and devices to systems and applications in electronics, networks, energy, mobility, bio-interfaces, sensors and other technological domains.
