Minalogic is one of France's six world-class competitiveness centres, certified in 2005 by the government. It coordinates and organizes a major innovation centre, pulling together specialist skills in the design, development and production of products and solutions for smart miniaturized services for industry.
Minalogic it's 200 members from university, industry and research. Between 2005 and mid-2011 155 projects were certified and financed, with a total R&D budget of around €1.7 billion.
It is based on the essential combination of micro and nanotechnology, and software, particularly for systems-on-chip (SoC).

The Micro-Nano cluster

• Interview: Nicolas Leterrier, Chief representative Minalogic (since 2011, Jean Chabbal is the new Chief representative)

It coordinates micro and nanotechnology projects and activities. The aim is to consolidate the area's world-class position in this field by enhancing the competitive edge of firms contributing to the centre. It covers the following topics:
- hardware technologies for micro and nanoelectronics: materials, devices and technologies, fabrication science, equipment,
- physical design tools (CAD) and libraries,
- packaging techniques, including system-in-package and package-on-package,
- solid state electronic components: Mems, detectors, large-area components.

The EmSoc cluster (sembedded system-on-chip)

• Interview: Laurent Julliard Director Minalogic Emsoc Cluster

The aim of the EmSoC cluster (embedded system-on-chip) is to boost the competitive position of companies taking part in Minalogic by producing
methods, tools and components, enabling them to design, develop, validate, deploy and administer optimized embedded SoCs. The cluster has selected five technologically oriented themes:
- modelling and validation,
- implementation tools and methods,
- software infrastructures for embedded systems,
- basic technology building bricks,
- multiprocessor platforms.
The aim of the sixth topic is to integrate these components in projects backed by large firms such as Schneider Electric , or STMicroelectronics , acting as integrators. The EmSoC cluster benefits from considerable expertise and a strong position in SoC simulation, validation and modelling. The EmSoC cluster is also concentrating on machine-to-machine communications and infrastructure.

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