ASCENT - Access to European Nanoelectronics Infrastructure

J. Greer (ASCENT Co-ordinator, Tyndall National Inst., Ireland)

ASCENT is a European Infrastructure access programme which brings together imec (Belgium), Leti (France) and Tyndall (Ireland). ASCENT provides fast and easy access to the world’s most advanced CMOS nanoelectronics data and test structures in Europe’s leading nanofabrication research institutes. ASCENT offers 14nm CMOS (FDSOI and finFET) device data, nanoscale test chips and electrical/physical characterisation facilities. ASCENT enables Europe’s world-leading TCAD and compact modelling community to perform the systematic studies that are required to develop nanoscale design methodologies and to identify the impact of quantum effects on sub-20nm device performance. As part of the ASCENT offer, the TCAD and compact modelling community has OPEN ACCESS to 14nm PDKs and electrical characterisation data through the ASCENT Virtual Access (VA) service. A number of Case Studies will show the experience of existing VA users and how they have benefitted from it. www.ascent.network