Through an initiative of the IMB-CNM Equality Committee, three of the institute's meeting rooms have been renamed after research and technical personnel of relevance in its history: Tere Osés, Isabel Montero and Juan Fernández. All of them are pioneers in the design of digital circuits, the manufacture of integrated circuits and the development of power systems in Spain.

With the strategic collaboration of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM) of CSIC, the new interuniversity master's degree in Semiconductor Engineering and Microelectronic Design is born, coordinated by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), with the UB, UAB and URV.

CSIC appoints Palacios, professor and lecturer at MIT, and Bergaud, researcher at the French LAAS-CNRS, as new members to supervise and advise on the scientific activity of the Institute of Microelectronics in Barcelona; replacing Elvira Fortunato, current Portuguese Minister of Science, and Florin Udrea, from the University of Cambridge.

The Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM, CSIC) receives this seal for the processes involved in the design, development and production of microelectronic devices in the Micro and Nanofabrication Clean Room. This certification puts it on a par with other European laboratories, such as the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in Portugal or the Technical University of Denmark

The Semiconductor Alliance of Catalonia, with the participation of IMB-CNM, celebrates the act of constitution of the initiative, formed by several departments of the Government of Catalonia, companies and research and innovation agents, which will work together with the aim of consolidating Catalonia as one of the reference poles of the semiconductor industry in Europe.

Luis Fonseca, director of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona, joins the "council of wise men" of the PERTE Chip made up of the First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, to promote and attract investment to Spain around the chip industry and related technologies.

The Ministry of Science and Innovation will allocate an additional 1,304 million euros from European funds to strengthen R&D&I in strategic sectors such as cutting-edge health, aerospace, microelectronics and semiconductors. 62.5 million are earmarked for the capacities of the National Microelectronics Center and the equipment of the distributed ICTS MICRONANOFABS.

PERTE Chip investments are an exceptional opportunity to strengthen the Spanish ecosystem, where there are no large semiconductor factories and it is interesting to attract high-tech companies and boost scientific, innovative and training capacity.