technology viewpoint
An Steegen
Senior Vice President process technology Biography: Dr. An Steegen joined imec as senior vice president process technology development in December 2010.
In this role, she has the responsibility for the technical leadership and execution of imec’s CORE program activities in the areas of devices, process, lithography and design and CMORE activities such as MEMS, Power, Sensors and Photonics.
Another challenge for further scaling is the changing landscape in which design and manufacturing of ICs is decoupled in fabless/fablite companies and foundries. At imec, we have set up the INSITE program, short for ‘integrated solutions for technology exploration’. It is a framework of design exploration modules that allows fabless and fablite companies, foundries and EDA vendors to develop design and product information using emerging IC process technologies 1 to 3 generations ahead of IC manufaturing.
To conclude, I strongly believe that to maintain the tremendous time-to-market and innovation in consumer products, all parties benefit from working together in research communities such as imec. Designers and application developers get early insight in future technologies via initiatives such as imec’s INSITE; chip manufacturers get an overview and can download selections of all technology options for future nodes. In this way, each company can make the right choices and is able to ensure its future in the tough but flourishing world of consumer electronics.
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These leadership technologies serve as the foundation of imec’s successful
growth and R&D leadership position in a wide variety of market segments.
Dr. An Steegen holds a Ph.D. in Material Science and Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven, K.U.Leuven, in collaboration with the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center, imec, in Belgium.
Throughout the years, Dr. Steegen has published more than 30 technical papers and she holds many patents in the field of semiconductor development. She joined IBM Semiconductor R&D in Fishkill, NY, in 2001, where she was the director of the bulk CMOS technology development division until 2010.
In that position, she served as the host executive in charge of IBM’s logic International Semiconductor Development Alliance and was responsible for establishing strong collaborative partnerships in innovation and manufacturing as measured by power/performance, defect density and cost/complexity.
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