Russians and Belgians to push next gen electronics in Moscow

Moscow?s TechnoSpark nanotech center and Belgium?s IMEC Microelectronics Centre have agreed to jointly develop a concept of the future Troitsk Center for Electronics RandD and Application in Moscow.

Moscow?s TechnoSpark nanotech center and Belgium?s IMEC Microelectronics Centre have agreed to jointly develop a concept of the future Troitsk Center for Electronics R&D and Application in Moscow, reports Rusnano, Russia?s largest nanotech company. Under the terms of their agreement, the partners will deliver such a concept by August 2013 already. The concept will cover an inception stage of 2013 through 2015. In addition to developing a business plan and determining investment amounts, TechnoSpark also wants to package a starting batch of pilot projects in collaboration with IMEC and its international partners. ?This cooperation with the Belgians is a momentous step into international collaboration that Russian scientists and developers make to join, on equal terms with Western scientists, the problem-solving process for the leading global R&D market players, such as Intel, Samsung, Philips and others,? said Denis Kovalevich, one of the Center project managers from the Russian side...