Pooling facilities

The CNFM's centers are regional or cross-regional university clusters, which have shared manufacturing and characterization equipment, IT systems and CAD software as well as packages for testing circuits and integrated systems and designing prototypes.
The pooling of resources amongst CNFM centers provide educational institutes with first-class facilities and unique access to shared knowledge. These education centers thus become resources for micro- and nanoelectronics research, working with business via research contracts or courses offered as part of a professional development program. Les pôles du CNFM, centres interuniversitaires régionaux ou interrégionaux, regroupent des équipements de fabrication et de caractérisation, du matériel informatique et des logiciels pour la conception assistée par ordinateur et le test des circuits et systèmes intégrés, ainsi que pour le prototypage.

More information: Network / Activity report

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Supporting innovation in education and science

The GIP leads working groups (multimedia, systems on chips, nanotechnologies, etc.) and carries out studies into changes in business requirements and skills needs. It regularly reviews education and training on a national level and puts forward actions plans for micro- and nanoelectronics.

Innovation in educational methods is promoted through the CNFM's training programs for teaching staff.

Research laboratories use CNFM facilities in the context of their domestic or European programs. CNFM also offers specific courses, consultancy, expert analysis or technical support services to high-tech businesses.

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Sharing knowledge

GIP CNFM :

organizes biennial education conferences to promote the sharing of good practice between micro- and nanoelectronics
teaching staff,
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participates in organizing national conferences for the microelectronics doctoral network in France (JNRDM) and in
organizing the European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME),
More information : EWME 2006 - EWME 2008

publishes a six-monthly newsletter "La Puce à l'Oreille", with news on forthcoming activities and features on career
development for young graduates and job opportunities in the micro- and nanoelectronics fields
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Relating to business

The CNFM network of universities and engineering schools has a close relationship with SITELESC (), the professional union which represents the micro- and nanoelectronics industry. The public interest group GIP CNFM was set up in 2002 as a collaboration between SITELESC and the above-mentioned network. This enables national policy-making to draw on the views of both academics and business people.

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Drawing on government and industry support

GIP CNFM's work comes under research agreements with the Ministry for Higher Education and Research in France.
In addition to this permanent funding from the Higher Education Department, the CNFM is also supported by the Research and Technology Departments and by the Industry Ministry.

It also receives funding via SITELESC from the business world. At times, GIP CNFM also gets involved in regional, national and European programs.

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GIP CNFM :

has a direction-setting role in the education sector,

allocates public sector funding

organizes joint working so that skills and facilities can be pooled across all the French educational institutions tha teach micro- and nanoelectronics.

The large-scale investments required, the need to draw together facilities and resources and to work effectively with the geographical spread of the microelectronics industry, research laboratories and educational institutions has led to the development of twelve training centers. This network is the Public Interest Group referred to in French as Groupement d’Intérêt Public pour la Coordination Nationale de la Formation en Micro et nanoélectronique (GIP CNFM).
GIP CNFM has a direction-setting role in the education sector. It allocates public sector funding and organizes joint working so that skills and facilities can be pooled across all the French educational institutions that teach micro- and nanoelectronics.

Large-scale and rapid technological developments are the key to growing a thriving micro- and nanoelectronics industry. High quality practical educational resources for young engineers in order to ensure success for this strategic sector.