Chips Act 2.0 and SSTS: Building Europe's Next Semiconductor Advantage

As Europe moves from capability creation to competitiveness, the success of Chips Act 2.0 will depend not only on research infrastructure, pilot lines and manufacturing capacity, but also on the intelligence, innovation and ecosystem collaboration required to sustain them. This presentation explores how imec's Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies & Systems (SSTS) program combines its Assess and Improve activities to create competitiveness intelligence across the semiconductor value chain. By connecting manufacturers, suppliers, researchers, system companies and emerging design ecosystems, SSTS helps address challenges related to sustainability, resilience, resource security and future design enablement. The presentation discusses how such ecosystem intelligence can contribute to Europe's long-term competitiveness and support the ambitions of Chips Act 2.0.