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IMEC, the Louvain investigation center for micro-electronics, nanotechnologie and design methods and technologies for ICT-systems, will house the three existing investigation divisions inscientific unity. 'This change is prepared for a year,' declares discussed Luc Van the Courts, that from now Chief Operation Officer becomes, 'we everything with the customers and react they positively. Also they realize that the complexity of the technology rises and that specialists of different disciplines must work together.'

Through the investigation divisions to bundle, hopes grow to can IMEC further, to go through more investigation to Louvain. 'For businesses, the expense of investigation rises tremendously,' says Luc Van the Court, 'research costs more and the necessary machines expenses more. A lithografiemachine chips to make, expense 35 until 45 million Euros. Moreover different possibilities must be tested next to each other. Businesses can that no longer alone, they thus must work together.' An illustration of the integration of investigation divisions, are chips. That must not only more fast, but their possibilities also must be expanded. Mechanics on a chip integrate measure takes for instance a gyroscoop, that chip what child of a curve the car. But it goes further: a biosensor or chemical sensoren be part also of the possibilities.

At the figures to judge, is IMEC commit in feature by. While the authorities appropriation remained the last years approximately equal on 35 million, is the estimated total entry really risen from something less then 200 million last year, until 231 million this year. Nonetheless its businesses that investigations do by IMEC no owner of the intellectual properties right. 'That remain of IMEC,' do not declares Van the Court, 'single as further investigation impeded would be, can we against a more price the intellectual property at the business let.'