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The Minalogic Centre, Grenoble

objectives and scope of centre

The goal of the Minalogic (Micro NAnotechnologies et LOgiciel Grenoble-Isère Compétitivité) centre is to build an international-scale centre for miniature smart chips thanks to the pooling of resources from industry, research and training in micro nanotechnologies and software technologies.

The areas for research, development and innovation are micro and nanotechnologies and on-chip software technologies, extended to MEMS and designed for major societal challenges such as energy efficiency, mobility and connectivity. These areas require the development of complex systems at electronic component level which also involves a technological leap into the highly specialised field of embedded software. In terms of applications, the centre focuses on miniaturised (and communicating) objects of the future, particularly targeted at domestic, personal and professional spheres, telecommunications and the field of healthcare and energy management.

France Telecom's involvement in Minalogic

France Telecom is particularly involved in projects in the field of healthcare, platforms for multimedia terminals, applications based on large-scale networks of communicating objects, as well as ambient intelligence in the home and the professional sphere.

Participation in this centre includes France Telecom's work concerning terminals in the widest sense of the term. It participates in the development of embedded software for all types of terminal (OS, Middleware, etc.), radio that can be adapted to the connectivity environment (software radio), ad hoc communication networks and sensor networks as well as usage tests linked to the acceptability of these new technologies for future services.

partners

Some other industrial partners include: Schneider Electrique (leader) ST Microelectronics (co-leader), Philips, Minatec, Bull, Biomérieux, Thalès, Xerox, Cap Gemini Ernest and Young,.....and numerous SMEs such asTeamLog, Silicomp, Probayes, etc. .

Several academic Research partners are also involved in this centre, including CEA-LETI, CNRS via its numerous laboratories (IMAG, TIMA, etc.), INRIA, Université Grenoble 1, Université Grenoble 2, INP Grenoble.

for more information www.minalogic.org