Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to coordinate development of EU-supported semiconductor centres to maximise funding and avoid duplication
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Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have agreed to step up collaboration between their national chips competence centres in the hope that shared expertise and infrastructure will accelerate the development of an innovative semiconductor ecosystem in the Baltic region.
A memorandum of understanding was signed on October 22 by the organisations representing the respective competence centres: Riga Technical University (RTU) and the University of Latvia, Lithuania’s Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), and Estonia’s Metrosert Applied Research Centre.
“Each of us brings something different to the table,” Saulius Tumėnas, manager of the Lithuanian chips competence centre, told Science|Business. “Rather than each country trying to build everything and ending up with mediocre capabilities across the board, we're creating genuine centres of excellence in our respective areas.”
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