The Design Platform is at the heart of the Chips for Europe Initiative, it is envisaged as a key instrument to foster the development of a strong design ecosystem in the Union, by creating a pipeline of highly innovative European fabless companies, focusing particularly on the growth of start-ups and SMEs. The Design Platform is implemented via two main entities:

• Platform Coordination Team (PCT) - coordinates the Design Platform, establishes framework agreements with EDA/IP suppliers and provides access to a central cloud service encompassing a marketplace with IPs, EDA tools, PDKs and trainings amongst other resources.

• Design Enablement Teams (DETs) each of which oversees the management of a distributed cloud instance, dedicated application engineering support to users from setting up their design environment and design flows up to chip tape-outs.

   

The aim of this workshop is to inform the community on the provisions of the upcoming Chips JU call for DET.

Agenda:

• 10:00-10:10 (10 min) - Introduction (by Chips JU) 1.Intro_DET_Call2025_Consult_11Apr25.pdf 

• 10:10-10:30 (20 min) - The Design Platform and the Platform Coordination Team (by Romano Hoofman, imec) 2.20250411 - DET Webinar-PCT.pdf 

• 10:30-10:50 (20 min) - Focus on Design Enabling Teams (by David Servat, CEA) 3.20250411 - DET Webinar-v2.pdf 

• 10:50-11:00 (10 min) - DET call specifics: budget, calendar, eligibility, evaluation process (by Chips JU) 4.DET_Call_info.pdf 

• 10:00-10:10 (30 min) - Questions and Answers

The recording of the session is available here: