Annexes to COM(2013)298 - European strategy for micro- and nanoelectronic components and systems

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dossier COM(2013)298 - European strategy for micro- and nanoelectronic components and systems.
document COM(2013)298 EN
date May 23, 2013
annex summarises what should be done.

ANNEX

|| Main actions: || By: || When:

1 || Pursue the dialogue with stakeholders, set up an Electronics Leaders Group to elaborate and help implement a European Electronics Industrial Strategic Roadmap || European Commission, Industry || The latest by end 2013

|| Promote smart specialization, use of financial instruments foreseen under European Structural Investment Funds (ESI Funds) and HORIZON 2020 || European Commission, Member States || On-going - to be reinforced

|| Promote, under the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the EIB on KETs, the means to ensure capital investment in production in Europe || European Investment Bank, Industry || 1Q2014

2 || Adopt Council Regulation and launch of the new tri-partite JTI || European Commission, Member States, I ndustry || Early 2014

|| Within the JTI, explore how to simplify and accelerate state aid approvals including through a Project of Common European Interest according to Article 107.3(b) TFEU || European Commission, Member States, Industry || 3Q13

3 || Continuous dialogue with key RTOs, regions and Member States to strengthen the micro- and nanoelectronics eco-system at a European level || European Commission, Member States, Regions, RTOs || On-going – to be reinforced

|| Within HORIZON 2020 make shared facilities for testing and early experimentation available to start-ups, SME's, universities and users || RTOs, European Commission || 1Q2014

|| Invest in building bricks (education, training); foster a favourable engineering environment in Europe || Member States, Academics || 1Q14 - 4Q20

4 || Elaborate and implement a market-pull strategy focussed on electronics-intensive products using diverse instruments such as public procurement || Industry, Member States, Regions, European Commission || By 2Q2014

|| Elaborate policy actions aimed at establishing a world level-playing field by limiting trade/market distortions including within the Government and Authorities Meeting on Semiconductor (GAMS) || European Commission, Industry || On-going - to be reinforced

[1]               Referred to as "micro- and nanoelectronics" in this Communication, spans from nano-scale transistors to micro-scale systems integrating multiple functions on a chip

[2]               COM(2012) 341 final

[3]               COM(2012) 582 final 'A stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic Recovery'

[4]               e.g. electronics for cars, energy and manufacturing sectors

[5]               World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), 2012 (http://www.wsts.org/)

[6]               Digiworld report, IDATE 2012 (http://www.idate.org)

[7]               http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict/files/kets/hlg_report_final_en.pdf

[8]               See European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) Competitiveness Report, 2008 "Mastering Innovation Shaping the Future" (https://www.eeca.eu/data/File/ESIA_Broch_CompReport_Total.pdf)

[9]               A sensor is any device, such as a thermometer, that detects a physical condition in the world. Actuators are devices, such as switches, that perform actions such as turning things on or off or making adjustments in an operational system

[10]             International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) (http://www.itrs.net)

[11]             Moore's Law: doubling performance to cost ratio every 18-24 months

[12]             Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) is the standard technology for integrated circuits in the "more Moore" track

[13]             Micro- and nanoelectronics chips are produced on round material supports called 'wafers'. Successive technology generations are identified by the diameter size of the wafers on which they are produced. Today production is mainly done on 200 mm and 300 mm wafers. The next wafer size will be 450 mm

[14]             OECD Information Technology Outlook         (http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/oecdinformationtechnologyoutlook2010.htm)

[15]             LETI is an institute of CEA, a French research-and-technology organization. It specialises in nanotechnologies and their applications, from wireless devices, to biology, healthcare and photonics (http://www-leti.cea.fr)

[16]             The German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft undertakes applied research of direct utility to private and public enterprise and of wide benefit to society. Several institutes are focusing on integrated circuits and systems (http://www.fraunhofer.de)

[17]             Belgian imec performs world-leading research in nanoelectronics, leveraging scientific knowledge with global partnerships in ICT, healthcare and energy (http://www.imec.be)

[18]             e.g. Capital expenditure of Korean companies increased from 13% in 2005 to 27% in 2012

[19]             See Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Maintaining America's Competitive Edge: Government Policies Affecting Semiconductor Industry R&D and Manufacturing Activity, March 2009 (http://www.semiconductors.org/clientuploads/directory/DocumentSIA/Research%20and%20Technology/Competitiveness_White_Paper.pdf)

[20]             A foundry is a company owning factories and offering manufacturing services to "fabless" customers

[21]             A fabless company designs its own components but outsources their manufacturing to a service provider (the "foundry")

[22]             See http://www.asml.com/asml/show.do?ctx=5869&rid=46974 - "As part of the program, Intel, TSMC and Samsung will each acquire ASML shares, equal to an aggregate 23 percent minority equity stake in ASML for EUR 3.85 billion in cash"

[23]             http://www.catrene.org/

[24]             At ~€130 million per year

[25]             Based on Article 187 TFEU

[26]             Along the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) http://www.itrs.net/

[27]             Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) are used to assess the maturity of evolving technologies. Levels 1 to 4 typically refer to early R&D while levels 5-8 indicate prototyping and actual system validation in an operational environment

[28]             COM(2011) 809 final

[29]             http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home

[30]             Currently, production in Europe in this track is more than 30% of the world value.

[31]             Europe's share of production is around 9%, but Europe is still at the leading edge of technology in the miniaturisation race.

[32]             From regional, national and EU level programmes.

[33]             http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/home

[34]             The impact of the proposal will be presented in the impact assessment. The budgetary impact will be included in the legislative and financial statement.

[35]             First interim evaluation of the ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Technology Initiatives, 2010      http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/evaluation/rtd/jti/artemis_and_eniac_evaluation_report_final.pdf

[36]             Currently, public support to pilot lines in ENIAC JU is between €50 and €120 million per action.

[37]             See COM(2012) 582 final Section III.A.1.ii)

[38]             COM(2012) 572 final: Second Regulatory Review on Nanomaterials