Grenoble (France) and Bromont (Canada) – The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), through its Leti Institute (CEA-Leti), and the MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre (C2MI) announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at establishing a strategic collaboration to develop joint projects in advanced semiconductor technologies.
This partnership seeks to combine the expertise and development resources of both organizations to provide the industrial and innovation ecosystems of Canada and France with new capabilities in key areas such as microsystems, advanced packaging, and photonics. It also aims to strengthen the resilience of value chains, accelerate innovation, and generate mutual economic benefits for both countries.
In its initial phase, the collaboration will focus on identifying complementarities between the respective value chains of CEA-Leti and C2MI, as well as defining structuring projects that will reinforce industrial development on both sides of the Atlantic. Sharing technology roadmaps will play a central role in creating complementary service offerings and enabling faster emergence of innovations for businesses.
This partnership carries strategic importance, aligning directly with the objectives of the G7 Semiconductor Point of Contact Group, which aims to strengthen international collaboration among member countries in semiconductor technologies. Through this alliance, CEA-Leti and C2MI intend to position France and Canada as leading partners and recognized leaders in the collaborative development of advanced semiconductor technologies.
Sébastien Dauvé, CEO of CEA-Leti, stated:
“This collaboration agreement between C2MI and CEA-Leti will allow us to pool and expand our expertise in key technologies for the benefit of the industrial players in our respective ecosystems. The semiconductor industry faces an extremely rapid innovation cycle, and strengthening international cooperation has become essential to advance the maturity of innovative technologies and components and transfer them to industry under optimal conditions (Lab-to-Fab’).”
Marie-Josée Turgeon, President and CEO of C2MI, stated:
“This partnership with CEA-Leti marks a strategic milestone for C2MI, bringing together two ecosystems of excellence around advanced semiconductor technologies. By combining our expertise in microsystems, advanced packaging, quantum, and photonics, we create additional capabilities to serve industrial innovation on both sides of the Atlantic. This collaboration positions Canada and France as key partners and leaders in collaborative semiconductor development.”
About CEA-Leti
CEA-Leti, based at the CEA-Grenoble Center, is a technological research institute of the CEA, founded in 1967 and a pioneer in the fields of micro- and nanotechnologies. It develops innovative and competitive application solutions to address today’s global challenges, including clean and safe energy, health, sustainable transportation, and digital transition. Leveraging pre-industrial infrastructure, its multidisciplinary teams offer expertise across a wide range of applications, from sensors to high-performance computing, data processing, and power electronics. CEA-Leti maintains long-term relationships with industrial partners and fosters technological start-ups, with more than 80 created to date. It brings together 2,000 talents, a portfolio of 3,200 patents, and 11,000 m² of clean rooms, and has offices in San Francisco (USA), Brussels (Belgium), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), and Taipei (Taiwan). It is a member of the Carnot Institutes network and IRT Nanoelec.
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About CEA
CEA’s role is to inform public decision-making and provide scientific and technological resources to key stakeholders (companies and communities) to better manage major societal transitions: energy, digital, future health, defence, and global security. Its 20,000 employees work across nine centers equipped with large-scale research infrastructure, in partnership with academic and industrial players in France, Europe, and internationally.
Learn more at www.cea.fr.