imec led consortium launches EU Chips Design Platform for European chip startups

Imec and eleven partners, including CEA, Fraunhofer and Italy's Fondazione Chips-IT, launched the EU Chips Design Platform under the Chips Act. It gives fabless startups and SMEs shared EDA tools, design IP and a route to fabrication through 2028.

Verified AI-drafted imec press release, 29 April 2025

What it does not test. The Chips Joint Undertaking grant agreement funding the platform was not yet signed, and no startup had yet used it.

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