Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD)

Vision and Mission of the Research Fab Microelectronics Germany

The FMD is a global innovation driver and the largest cross-site R&D cooperation for micro and nanoelectronics in Europe. It offers a unique range of competences and infrastructures.

Joint Technology Pool

In the Reserach Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD), Fraunhofer IAF, ten other Fraunhofer institutes and two institutes of the Leibniz Association pool their expertise and infrastructure for research and development of micro- and nanosystems. The FMD offers customers and partners easy access to new applications and high technologies at the highest international level.

To this end, Fraunhofer IAF contributes its expertise and unique infrastructure in the field of compound semiconductors to realize highly efficient, resource-saving and secure solutions as well as to advance future technologies such as quantum computing and 6G in Europe.

FMD joint booth at Hannover Fair 2018
© Fraunhofer VµE / Theresa Leberle
FMD joint booth at Hannover Fair 2018
Filming at Fraunhofer IAF – New machines are being put into operation in the wake of FMD founding
© Fraunhofer IAF
Filming at Fraunhofer IAF – New machines are being put into operation in the wake of FMD founding
FMD kick-off event 2017 – The launch of a big endeavor
© Fraunhofer IAF
FMD kick-off event 2017 – The launch of a big endeavor

Promising future projects of the FMD

With its cross-location, cross-technology and cross-competence collaboration, FMD ensures the preservation and expansion of technological sovereignty in Germany and Europe along the entire value chain. Fraunhofer IAF is involved in several initiatives of the research factory to bring innovations in the field of green ICT and quantum technologies from the laboratory into practice.

Further Information

 

Competence Center Green ICT @ FMD

Aiming to contribute to the reduction of the digital technologies' footprint via research and development, the Fraunhofer and Leibniz institutes cooperating within the framework of the Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD for its acronym in German) are jointly establishing a cross-location competence center for resource-conscious information and communication technology (Green ICT @ FMD).

 

FMD-Space for start-ups and founders

The »FMD-Space« offers Start-ups with an innovative product idea and a resulting microelectronic question access to the R&D infrastructure and technological know-how of the Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics and the two involved Leibniz Institutes FBH and IHP. The aim of the cooperation will be the joint development of demonstrators and prototypes as well as a coherent business model.