Silicon Saxony
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | December 19, 2000 in Dresden |
| Seat | Dresden |
| main emphasis | Microelectronics , semiconductor , photovoltaics and software industries |
| Chair | Heinz-Martin Esser, Frank Schönefeld, Raik Brettschneider, Frank Bösenberg |
| Employees | 12 |
| Members | 342 |
| Website | www.silicon-saxony.de |
Silicon Saxony ( engl. " Silicon - Saxony ") is a registered charity based in Dresden . It sees itself as a network or industry association of the Saxon microelectronics , semiconductor , photovoltaic and software industries , which is particularly located in the Dresden / Freiberg / Chemnitz area. With around 350 member companies employing around 40,000 people, the association calls itself the largest high-tech network in Saxony and one of the largest microelectronics and IT clusters in Germany and Europe. Members of the association are not only companies, but also research institutes, universities and colleges.
history
With the aim of strengthening the economic region of Saxony as a location for microelectronics nationally and internationally, the association sees itself as a communication and cooperation platform for its members. Externally, the association makes a significant contribution to active location marketing and the networking of European microelectronics locations.
The foundation stone for today's Silicon Saxony goes back to the development of EDP technology in GDR times in Saxony. The first Robotron 300 mainframe computer was developed and built in what was then Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz ) , which heralded the age of PC technology in the GDR.
The term Silicon Saxony had already established itself in the tabloid media and popularly well before the association was founded in 2000, based on the Californian Silicon Valley , the most famous semiconductor and computer location in the world. The term can mean both the industry association and the region in Saxony itself.
In 2008 the project Cool Silicon - Energy Efficiency Innovations from Silicon Saxony was selected by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as one of five German top clusters. The financial volume of the Cool Silicon Cluster is around 140 million euros for the period from 2009 to 2013. The project coordinator is Thomas Mikolajick .
Important members
- Company (selection)
- Advanced Mask Technology Center (AMTC)
- Applied Materials - Dresden
- Globalfoundries - Dresden (formerly: AMD Saxony )
- Infineon - Dresden plant
- Intel Mobile Communications - Dresden
- NXP Semiconductors Germany (formerly: Philips Semiconductors Dresden AG)
- Plastic Logic - Dresden
- Roth & Rau - Hohenstein-Ernstthal
- Siltronic - Freiberg plant
- EDC Electronic Design Chemnitz GmbH - Chemnitz
- X-FAB - Dresden plant
- Center for Microelectronics Dresden (ZMD)
- politics
- research
- Technical University of Dresden or individual affiliated institutes
- Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg or individual institutes
- Dresden University of Technology and Economics
- Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP), Dresden
- Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM), Bremen - Dresden branch
- Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), Dresden
- Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), Dresden
- Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS), Dresden
- Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing (IZFP), Saarbrücken - Dresden branch
- Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM), Berlin - Chemnitz branch
- Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (member of the Helmholtz Association )
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silicon Saxony e. V. - Silicon Saxony eV Retrieved on August 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Germany's leading clusters have been determined ( Memento from April 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Press release from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research from September 2, 2008.