IME Launches 10th Electronic Packaging Research Consortium to Address 3-Dimensional Integrated Circuits

Singapore, 30 June 2009 - The Institute of Microelectronics (IME) today announced the launch of the 10th Electronic Packaging Research Consortium (EPRC 10) to address key integration challenges of 3-dimensional (3-D) Packaging and Embedded Module technologies during a signing ceremony... more

Silicon Photonics for Next Generation High Data-Rate Communications

The Institute of Microelectronics has signed a research collaboration agreement with Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent’s research arm, to develop advanced silicon photonics for next generation cost-effective high data-rate communication networks... more

Fast and Cheap Digital Vision and Audition with Spike-based Silicon Retinas and Cochleas

Dr. Tobi Delbruck, a scientist at the Institute of Neuroinformatics (INI), conducted a technical seminar on 29th May 2009. The co-inventor of the standard neuromorphic adaptive photoreceptor circuit and bump circuit was invited to IME to speaks on “Fast and Cheap Digital Vision and Audition with Spike-based Silicon Retinas and Cochleas.”... more

Self-powered wearable electronics: History of energy harvesting, human body as a heat source, theory of body-powered thermoelectric converters, challenges and state-of-the-art applications

Dr. Vladimir Leonov, Senior Scientist from Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) was at IME on 22nd May 2009 to give a seminar on self-powered wearable electronics... more

Novel Dilute Nitride III/V – Semiconductor Laser System Integrated On (001) Si-Substrate

On 12th May 2008, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stolz was invited to IME to give a talk on “Novel Dilute Nitride III/V – Semiconductor Laser System Integrated On (001) Si-Substrate”. The Head of Central Technology Laboratory at Philipps University Marburg and Adjunct Professor at Optical Sciences Center for University of Arizona... more

IME to Develop Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring Device with GlucoStats

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME) signed a research collaboration agreement with GlucoStats System Pte Ltd, a Singapore start-up medical device company, to develop key enabling technologies for non-invasive glucose device... more

Growing With IME

At IME, we provide an exciting and intellectually stimulating environment within the A*STAR family that encourages collaboration that is ideal for the pursuit of innovative breakthroughs and offers the freedom to explore new ideas while maintaining close links to the industries. This encourages staffs to develop their professional interests with us and to make significant contributions to the industry. In this issue of e-Flash we will be featuring staffs who have been growing their career with IME... more

Young Researchers Attachment Programme (YRAP) Scholars visit to IME

As part of the effort to engage the young A*STAR awardees, A*STAR organized a 3-day Research Exposure Programme for its YRAP Scholars in June. A total of 22 students from Secondary 3 visited IME on 4 June 09... more

Visit by Students from Republic Polytechnic on 27 May 2009

A group of 25 Republic Polytechnic students from the Material Science Faculty had a lab tour in IME on 27 May 2009. The visit from the 2nd year students was to broaden their understanding of Microelectronics R&D activities as well as to uplift their interest in this area.... more

Poster Presentation Session by NTU and NUS Industrial Attachment Students

16 industrial attachment students from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) presented their 6 months project work conducted during their industrial attachment in IME during a poster presentation on 27 May 2009... more

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