France awards Soitec-led European consortium for semiconductor innovation
France awards Soitec-led European consortium
for semiconductor innovation
Paris, and Bernin (Grenoble), France, December 17, 2020. – The French Government has granted the REFERENCE consortium led by Soitec, a world leader in semiconductor materials based in France, the “Étoile de l’Europe” (“Star of Europe”) award for innovation in telecommunication.
Based on the Silicon on Insulator substrate technology, REFERENCE, a project funded by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking
1, has developed industrial solutions for communication applications.
Frédérique Vidal, France’s Minister of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, awarded the consortium, recognizing
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the emergence of a strong European network, which underpins France’s role as a motor of Europe’s technological autonomy. T