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Imec's tower. Photo credits: imec
Visiting Leuven, a small university city in the Flanders region of Belgium, it’s impossible not to be charmed by its history, whether you’re admiring the Gothic town hall or taking a tour of the local Stella Artois brewery.
But venture to imec Tower on the city’s outskirts, and you will find yourself propelled into the future. At the headquarters of imec, a non-profit microelectronics research centre, research teams are working with pilot lines to develop cutting-edge chips which are usually three or four generations, or six to ten years, ahead of what is currently being manufactured.
At the heart of the facility is a 12,000m2 clean room, built on a concrete slab separate from the rest of the building known as a “waffle table” to ensure there are no vibrations even from passing cars. Staff are…
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