The Government Commissioner for the PERTE of microchips visits the ICMol

Jaume Martorell ( left ), Guillermo Mínguez, Ruth Manzanares The Government commissioner for the PERTE (Strategic Projects for the Recovery and Economic Transformation) of microchips, Jaime Martorell, has visited this Monday the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia as part of his round of contacts with members of the Valencia Silicon Cluster (VaSIC). This initiative brings together companies, universities and semiconductor research centres to participate in the strategic plan of the Government of Spain endowed with 12,000 million euros. Spain is trying to strengthen its capacity in research and development of this type of technology, within a European strategy to try to become independent from third parties and progress in the design, manufacture and packaging of advanced chips, which are essential components for all the processes of the global technology industry. In the case of the Valencian Community, its potential is focused on the design of photonic and microelectronic microchips. The design phase concentrates 50% of the entire value process, as well as 53% of all R&D in an intensely technological sector. Martorell has visited Valencia for the second time to find out details of the Valencian proposal and the projects that could fit into the PERTE. In his agenda he has included institutional and industrial meetings; this is the case of multinational companies based in Valencia and specialised in microchip design, such as MaxLinear, Analog Devices, ams Osram, Bosch, VLC Photonics or Ipronics.