Pragmatic Offers MPW Runs

Europractice Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) services will now offer flexible IC fabrication from Pragmatic Semiconductor, headquartered in Cambridge, UK.

Within the Europractice consortium, imec will be the partner that provides customers with access to Pragmatic’s technologies and technical support.

Pragmatic uses thin-film transistor (TFT) technology combined with conventional semiconductor processing equipment to offer flexible integrated circuits (FlexICs) with reduced fabrication times.

“We are delighted to offer our FlexIC foundry services to Europractice customers,” says Pragmatic’s Francesca Bottacchi, “our rapid cycle time takes designs from tape-out to delivery in around six weeks, empowering customers to drastically reduce product development time, perform early end-user testing, and accelerate time to market. The physical flexibility of our IC also enables novel use cases that are simply not possible with conventional silicon chips.”

Dr Maria Martinez Valado, Program Manager at imec, says: “At Europractice, we have always been committed to supporting the innovation efforts of European academia and SMEs, and we are glad to continue this mission by incorporating Pragmatic’s FlexIC technology into our technology portfolio. This further strengthens our ability to provide our customers access to cutting-edge technologies, and reinforces our dedication to fostering innovation in Europe.”