CEA-LETI

Primo1D

Founded in 2013 in Grenoble as a CEA-Leti spin-off, Primo1D embeds passive UHF RFID chips in its patented E-Thread™ yarn, giving garments, work-wear and other textiles an invisible, durable digital ID; CEO Boris Vigaud outlined the roadmap in a recent IDTechEx interview.

Weebit Nano

Weebit Nano, founded in 2015, is a publicly traded company specializing in resistive RAM (ReRAM) technology. The company focuses on IP licensing, allowing foundries and semiconductor companies to integrate ReRAM into their products. Weebit has secured key partnerships, including CEA-Leti, DB HiTek, GlobalFoundries, and Onsemi, with Onsemi marking the first major ReRAM licensing deal in the industry. Its first embedded ReRAM product is manufactured on SkyWater's 130nm CMOS process, targeting automotive, IoT, and industrial applications. While its initial commercial offerings are at 130nm, Weebit has successfully demonstrated its ReRAM at 22nm.

Onward Medical

Onward Medical are developing a range of neuromodulation platforms, including an integrated brain computer interface (BCI) solution.

EU Chips Act — SemiWise

Professor Asen Asenov has been a professor at the University of Glasgow's Department of Electrical Engineering for 32 years. He has a strong background in the semiconductor industry, with 42 years of industry experience. In 2010, he founded a successful startup called 'Gold Standard Simulations' (GSS), which focused on advanced CMOS simulation tools. GSS was later acquired by Synopsys in 2016, leading to the establishment of SemiWise in 2017. SemiWise specializes in areas like low-power CMOS modeling and simulation, providing semiconductor IP, device design consulting, software solutions, and training courses. Additionally, Prof. Asenov is involved in UK chip initiatives and advises the Bulgarian government on the EU (European) Chips Act. IDTechEx interviewed Prof. Asenov, discussing the EU Chips Act and the competition in the semiconductor industry in July 2023.

Diabeloop

Diabeloop is a French medtech company, founded in 2015 with headquarters in Grenoble. The company provides the DBLG1 system, an algorithm to manage hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery for people with diabetes (PWD).

Diraq

Diraq is developing quantum computers based on electron spins in silicon (silicon-spin qubits). Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed the Head of Solid-State Physics Dr Andre Saraiva.

Emerging Trends in Wearable Technology

This presentation was given by IDTechEx Technology Analyst Tess Skyrme at the CEA-Leti Innovation Days in June 2022.

Wormsensing

Wormsensing is a start-up spun out of CEA-Leti, where they developed a highly sensitive vibration sensor manufactured on a flexible substrate. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, met R&D Engineer Catherine Cadieux at their booth at the CEA-Leti Innovation Day conference in June 2022.

Naox Technologies

Naox Technologies presented their hearable for epilepsy management at a CEA-Leti workshop on healthcare innovation where Tess met CTO Emmanual Lange.

Remedee Labs

Remedee labs is developing a wearable endorphin stimulator using mm-wave frequencies for a drug-free solution to pain. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, chaired a panel on wearables at the CEA-Leti conference on healthcare innovations in June 2022 alongside co-founder Jacques Husser who shared the latest updates from the company.

Biosency

Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed the President and General Manager of Biosency, Marie Pirotais and Yann Le Guillou. Biosency is a company developing wearable solutions and a remote patient monitoring platform.

Scintil Photonics

Scintil Photonics are a start-up company whose aim is to supply photonic integrated circuits, whereby III-V lasers are integrated at the wafer level onto silicon. IDTechEx spoke with Yannick Paillard, CCO.

CEA-LITEN

CEA-LITEN is part of the French research center CEA, based in Grenoble. It focuses on energy related technologies - this includes printed/flexible electronics and 3D printing. This profile is based on a visit by IDTechEx on 1 December 2021.

Hybrid Chips can run AI on Battery Powered Devices

Smartwatches and other battery-powered electronics would be even smarter if they could run AI algorithms. But efforts to build AI-capable chips for mobile devices have so far hit a wall - the so-called "memory wall" that separates data processing and memory chips that must work together to meet the massive and continually growing computational demands imposed by AI.

Aryballe

Aryballe have developed an innovative sensors for odor assessment that enable odors to be detected and quantified. This capability and has applications across many sectors including automotive, consumer goods and food/beverages. The sensor is based on a silicon photonic structure with gas sensitive functionalization.