Building the silicon backbone of Europe’s AI leadership

November 10, 2026 - Munich, Germany

While today’s AI boom is dominated by centralized training in hyperscale environments, the next phase will hinge on distributed inference and physical AI systems.

That opens opportunities that play to Europe’s strengths. Building on world-class semiconductor R&D, exceptional talent, and a strong industrial base in domains such as semiconductor equipment, telecom, automotive, Industry 4.0 and instrumentation, Europe is uniquely positioned to take the lead in defining a new technological foundation of the next wave of AI.

ITF Chip into the Future at SEMICON® Europa brings these opportunities into focus.

Program highlights

At ITF Chip into the Future, we’ll discuss -

how to design chips built for tomorrow’s AI workloads,
why chiplet architectures are essential to manage the growing complexity and heterogeneity at the autonomous edge, and
how sustainability can be baked into the chip manufacturing process.

The program also explores the -

enabling conditions to build and scale a European AI ecosystem, discussing the Chips Act 2.0, the EU Chip Design Platform (EuroCDP), and the NanoIC pilot line.

Why attend?

ITF Chip into the Future features presentations and panel discussions by leading companies, including ventures, who will bring a market perspective from areas where Europe is poised to make a difference, including robotics, telecom, and next-generation compute.

Who attends?

Hosted as a part of SEMICON® Europa, this imec event brings together leading experts, innovators, and researchers from across the semiconductor ecosystem to explore how Europe can turn the next wave of AI into a new era of technological leadership.

Connect with peers, gain fresh insights, and be part of shaping the innovations that will define tomorrow’s AI.

About the NanoIC pilot line

The NanoIC pilot line is a pioneering European initiative, hosted by imec, set to provide a leading-edge beyond 2nm System-on-Chip (SoC) pilot line for advanced logic, memory, and interconnect technologies. The project aims to drive European technology leadership across critical markets such as computing, communication, mobility, energy and health. The pilot line is a collaboration between imec, CEA-Leti, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, VTT, CSSNT-UPB, and Tyndall Institute and is supported by the Chips Joint Undertaking, through the European Union’s Digital Europe (101183266) and Horizon Europe programs (101183277), as well as by the participating states Belgium (Flanders), France, Germany, Finland, Ireland and Romania. For more details, please visit nanoic-project.eu.

The acquisition and operation of the NanoIC pilot line are jointly funded by the Chips Joint Undertaking, through the European Union’s Digital Europe (101183266) and Horizon Europe programs (101183277), as well as by the participating states Belgium (Flanders), France, Germany, Finland, Ireland and Romania.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Chips Joint Undertaking. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

More info on the NanoIC website.