€12M joint call is a practical demonstration of how the EU and South Korea are strengthening their ties in a key technology
sciencebusiness.net/, Jul. 18, 2024 –
The EU and South have selected four semiconductor projects to get total funding of €12 million, following the launch of a joint call in February.
Half the money for the three-year projects is coming from the Horizon Europe Chips joint undertaking, and half from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
The research will focus on heterogenous integration combining multiple components on one chip, and on neuromorphic chips that are designed to mimic the brain's ability to adapt and learn, to enable more efficient artificial intelligence systems.
The research and innovation partners from both regions will collaborate in joint research teams, with shared access to research facilities.
"These initiatives, which synergise European and Korean expertise, exemplify our shared commitment to pioneering advancements in AI and semiconductors," said Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market.
The projects will form the basis of a cooperative network with excellent semiconductor researchers from the EU and South Korea, said Lee Jong-Ho, Korean minister for science and ICT. "We expect to secure cutting edge heterogeneous integration and neuromorphic technologies necessary for next-generation AI semiconductors and autonomous driving applications in the four [...] projects."