Bringing together all key representatives of the country’s semiconductor sector. The Slovak Republic has opened its own Slovak Chip Competence Centre. It is part of a European initiative and brings together all key representatives of the semiconductor sector in Slovakia – the government, state institutions, research, academia and the chip industry. The opening ceremony took place on Friday at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava. Among the attendees were Ján Hrinko, State Secretary of the Ministry of Education for Research, Development, Youth and Inclusion, and Vladimír Šimoňák, State Secretary…
Bringing together all key representatives of the country’s semiconductor sector.
The Slovak Republic has opened its own Slovak Chip Competence Centre. It is part of a European initiative and brings together all key representatives of the semiconductor sector in Slovakia – the government, state institutions, research, academia and the chip industry.
The opening ceremony took place on Friday at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava. Among the attendees were Ján Hrinko, State Secretary of the Ministry of Education for Research, Development, Youth and Inclusion, and Vladimír Šimoňák, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy.
The project’s vision is to build a strong and competitive ecosystem for Slovakia’s semiconductor industry, with a focus on advanced chip packaging technologies and power modules, while also addressing regional balance.
“The main mission of our Chip Competence Centre is to support the development of the Slovak semiconductor industry,” said Michal Mičjan, Director of the Slovak Chip Competence Centre, in a statement to the media. He explained that the centre aims to promote the sector, support education, and foster business development in Slovakia through its services.
Small and medium-sized enterprises and startups can benefit from the competence centre to support their growth. “For example, we can help them bring new products to market through our expertise,” Mičjan added.
According to him, the centre will also provide companies, Slovak research institutions and universities with access to European infrastructure.
The State Secretary of the Ministry of Education considers the project highly significant for Slovakia and sees it as a step forward. “It creates a space where education, research, development, and science come together with industrial practice, forming a comprehensive whole of a unified modern infrastructure,” Hrinko said in his speech.
He is pleased that this project was evaluated as the best within the competitive environment of European countries and within the Chips for Europe initiative.
The need for such a centre is also recognised by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy. He pointed out that Europe is lagging behind in technologies such as semiconductors and chips. “It is simply not competitive compared to regions of the world that are driving innovation forward. This situation is not acceptable from the perspective of long-term economic sustainability or our vision for the future,” Šimoňák stated.
He is glad that the Slovak Chip Competence Centre will be Slovakia’s contribution to the joint European effort to reverse this trend.
The project’s partners include the Slovak Centre for Semiconductors, STU Bratislava, the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI SR) and the Slovak Academy of Sciences, as well as the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth and the Ministry of Economy.
Source: sme.sk, https://www.sme.sk/domov/c/slovensko-otvorilo-vlastne-cipove-kompetencne-centrum
