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Double power for a German microelectronics ecosystem: We are pleased to announce together with FMD - Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik Deutschland that the projects FMD-QNC and the Microelectronics Academy have officially started. In the FMD-QNC project, Fraunhofer IMS provides tools to advance next-generation chip design in the quantum domain. FMD-QNC is as much an important part of the »European Chips Act« as the Microelectronics Academy. For the implementation of a national chip design ecosystem, the Fraunhofer IMS has already announced the start of the competence center CHIPS.NRW in May, which establishes an academy in chip design in North Rhine-Westphalia with various universities and companies from the region.

Intelligent power switches with the RISC-V processor AIRISC, predictive maintenance with embedded AI, RFID in metallic environments or LiDAR for 3D environment recognition – at SPS, Fraunhofer IMS presents a wide range of applications for safer and more sustainable production conditions. From November 8 to 10, you can get to know the demonstrators and exhibits in hall 7A at booth 524 at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center.

Long-term monitoring of important physiological parameters of the brain, blood circulation or eye contributes enormously to prevention in the medical field. The pressure sensors from Fraunhofer IMS have shown a unique long-term stability and high accuracy in application environments over many years. In addition, they are predestined for telemetrically communicating implants due to their low energy requirements. Several of these medical devices have a CE approval. One of them even has already gone through the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) process.

In the 2022 ScienceForGood crowdfunding competition of the Fraunhofer Future Foundation, it's »On your marks, research, go!«. Six research teams compete together with their heartfelt projects. From October 6, 2022 to November 30, 2022, the scientists of the participating Fraun-hofer institutes have time to convince as many people as possible of their idea and reach their funding goal. The Fraunhofer Future Foundation supports this commitment with co-funding and prize money. The decision on this is up to civil society.

Three business units and three core competencies of the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelec-tronic Circuits and Systems IMS present their developments at »VISION 2022«, the world's leading trade fair for image processing. An LWIR camera with embedded algorithms for hu-man recognition, the LiDAR camera »TinyOwl« for 3D environment recognition and the data protection-compliant contactless vital sign measurements for increased occupational safety: Three demonstrators, one exhibit and the latest development for neuromorphic data systems using the example of LiDAR sensor systems can be seen from October 4 to 6 in the Messe Stuttgart in hall 10, at the booth 10E76 of the Fraunhofer IMS.

The business unit Mobility of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS presents its latest development TimestampsAI for environment recognition at the »embedded world 2022« in Nuremberg from 21 to 23 June. TimestampsAI provides a faster and data-reduced solution for high-resolution LiDAR systems to capture complex scenes in 3D in any environment.

The business unit Health of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS presents its contactless vital parameter measurement as a demonstrator at the »embedded world 2022« in Nuremberg from 21 to 23 June. The contactless measurement of vital parameters offers a way to quantify health parameters quickly, accurately, hygienically and conveniently.

The Embedded Software and AI core competence of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS will present a customizable AI-based gesture recognition algorithm from June 21 to 23. The algorithm was developed using the Fraunhofer software AI framework AIfES, which supports highly efficient implementation of neural networks on embedded systems. In addition to applications in the field of device and machine operation, this gesture recognition method is also suitable for gaming applications, in the smart home as well as in the medical field.

The Smart Sensor Systems core competence and the unit Industry of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS will present the AIRISC-processor from June 21 to 23. It is able to evaluate sensor data up to 80 % faster.

Three business units and two core competences of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS present their applications at the »embedded world 2022«. Contactless vital parameter measurements, gesture recognition with the AIfES software framework, the RISC-V processor AIRISC and TimestampsAI for environment recognition: You can experience two demonstrators, an exhibit and the institute's latest LiDAR development at the Fraunhofer-Joint Booth in Hall 4-422 from June 21 to 23.