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Happy Birthday IMEC
Car safety now
mandatory in
EUROPE’S independent research centre
Europe
celebrates 25 years as one of the
world’s leading research hubs.
This year, IMEC celebrates its THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
25th birthday. On January 16, 1984, agreed to make ESP mandatory for
the memorandum of association of all new vehicles. According to the
IMEC was signed and on March 15, now regulation, from November 2011 all
exactly 25 years ago, IMEC appeared as new passenger-car and commercial-
newly established research centre in the vehicle models registered in the
Belgian Statute Books. European Union will have to be
25 years later, IMEC has grown equipped with the ESP active safety
into a world-renowned institute tackling the challenges of the system. From November 2014 this
addressing with its nanoelectronics nanoelectronics era. Together with the will then apply to all new vehicles.
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research some of the major challenges leading semiconductor companies, the The regulation has still to be finally
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of our planet and its people: company plans tp continue to scale IC adopted by the Council of Ministers.
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communication, mobility, education, technology. “ESP can prevent up to 80
environment, energy and the ageing Additionally, more and more percent of all skid-related accidents,”
population. attention will go to adding extra says Dr. Werner Struth, president of
Gilbert Declerck, IMEC’s CEO: “We functionality on chips. We also feel that the Chassis Systems Control division
owe our success to the grand vision and the momentum is building to expand at Bosch, summarising the results of
passion of our founder, Professor Roger the other research areas in which we international studies.
Baron Van Overstraeten and to the are active, like solar energy, biomedical Bosch developed the electronic
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enthusiasm and dedication of all our co- electronics and photonics together stability program and in 1995 it was
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workers. with our academic and industrial the first company in the world to put
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A perfect combination of acquired partners around the globe. it into series production. According
knowhow and experience, with the IMEC aims at answering some of to a Bosch analysis, in the first six
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continued influx of young talent from all the grand challenges that our computer months of 2008, 53 percent of all
over the world has been and still is, focused society is facing. new registrations in Europe were
essential for research at high level. But IMEC remains convinced that already equipped with ESP.
also the collaboration with the Flemish nanotechnology may offer solutions The mandatory installation of
Government and government agencies to the call for affordable healthcare in ESP is part of a comprehensive
and with universities and international our ageing society and to the increasing package of measures that the EU
and national partners has contributed to need for renewable energy supply. It is intends to implement in order to
our success. Together, we succeeded to the ambition to be top increase road safety and reduce fuel
put Flanders on the map of micro- and class in these strategic research consumption. In addition to ESP, for
nanoelectronics.” domains and to contribute to the world example, predictive emergency
Predicting the next 25 year is of tomorrow, where centres of braking and lane departure warning
difficult but IMEC is committed to excellence will play and important role. systems will be mandatory for
commercial vehicles with a gross
weight of more than 3.5 tons and for
Patent dispute settled
minivans and buses with more than
eight seats from November 2013
(new models) and November 2015
SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. announced settlement agreement, the parties (new registrations). Compulsory low
that it has entered into a settlement have cross-licensed their respective rolling resistance tires and tire
agreement with Samsung Electronics patent portfolios for a significant term pressure monitoring systems will
Co., Ltd. that resolves the outstanding of years, according to a release on further reduce fuel consumption
patent infringement actions that were March 11. starting in November 2012.
pending in the District of Delaware, “I am very pleased that we have Additionally, more than 50 existing
specifically, Samsung Electronics Co., reached this settlement to end this EU directives and more than 100
Ltd. v. ON Semiconductor, civil action patent litigation with Samsung,” said amendment regulations will be
no. 06-720 (JJF) and ON Semiconductor Keith Jackson, ON Semiconductor removed and replaced by UN/ECE
v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., civil president and CEO. “The settlement regulations wherever possible. From
action no. 07-449 (JJF) involving supports our long term strategic plans 2010 only vehicles with ESP can
technology relevant to DRAM products. and reflects well on our willingness to receive a five star rating.
Under the terms of the confidential develop flexible deal structures.”
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