Collaborative R&D Funding Infineon UK · Electric Vehicle FP7 Funding Information Meeting SMMT 28th June 2010 Helen Finch [email protected] Collaborative R&D Funding Infineon

Electric Vehicle FP7 Funding Information Meeting

SMMT 28th June 2010

Helen Finch

[email protected]

Collaborative R&D FundingInfineon UK

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Infineon Background

The Challenge: Why? What? How? Timeline

Future plans

2 Collaborative Projects now running

First Collaborative Projects – The Story So Far....


Infineon at a Glance

The Company

Infineon provides semiconductor and system solutions, focusing on three central needs of our modern society:

Energy Efficiency, Communications and Security

Revenue in FY 2009: 3.027 billion EUR

Some 25,216 employees worldwide (as of March 2010)

Strong technology portfolio with about 22,900 patents and patent applications

More than 28 R&D locations

Germany‘s largest semiconductor company


Automotive Trends


Infineon Automotive – Business Areas

Compute

ActuateSense


Infineon UK - Background

Setup in 1999 to specialise in the design of 32 bit Micro-Controllers and related subsystems Drawing on local skill set in Bristol region of the UK

Registered Office for IFX UK Ltd R&D Engineers ~50 Sales (Field based) ~15

Since 2006 focus has been solely on developing IP for Automotive silicon chips assembled in Germany and Asia; Key site for development of the TriCore processor Key site for 32bit system peripherals

Strong R&D focus with clear route to market By 2012 1/3 of new cars world wide will contain IP developed

by IFX UK


Infineon UK - Strategic Challenges

The challenges:

R&D work in UK all funded by IFX AG, need to drive cost competitiveness -> EU Funding provides an opportunity

Contacts and potential collaborators Automotive orientated -> Expand our own network

IFX UK operations not widely recognised inside UK -> Raise our profile

We face internal pressure from low cost sites – driving economic efficiency and maintaining technical excellence is key to survival!


Collaborative R&D Funding: Benefits

Funding Income Reduced engineering rate compared with other sites ->

increased possibility for: Job retention

Recruitment opportunities

Expansion of R&D base

Political impact within organisation

Collaboration Extends field of Impact & Influence Expands context for R&D activity – better overall knowledge Raises profile Staff retention – more interesting and varied work Fosters links into other parts of supply chain at technical level

(e.g. S/W and tools providers in our case) Generates future business development opportunities


Collaborative R&D Funding: Getting Started

Investment in full-time person to make it happen!

Review of Opportunities Funding Schemes and Calls EU

UK

Local RDA

Match areas of interest and activity Interview main innovators internally -> ideas Stick to core areas – no big diversions! E.g. Multi-core + Environment & Safety


Collaborative R&D Funding: Finding Opportunities

Networking New contacts External

Internal

Publicise wish to „get involved‟ Personal contact essential

Brokerage Events Find interesting & compatible projects Stay informed Join consortia

Information Gathering Mailing lists NCPs CORDIS Network Training & Workshops


Infineon UK EU Collaborative Funding – ARTEMIS

Decision to focus on joint EU/national ARTEMIS programme Near-market embedded systems Large projects aimed at improving overall EU competitiveness

in embedded systems across all sectors UK funds 33.3%, EU funds 16.7% -> 50% funding overall

Participant in 3 proposals submitted to ARTEMIS 2009 call in Sept: RECOMP POLLUX SAFARI

RECOMP and POLLUX selected Project kickoffs in March and April 2010

IFX UK funding of €1.7M through ARTEMIS 2009 call 3 years duration ~10% Bristol Design Centre running costs on average


Infineon UK ARTEMIS ProjectsThe Road to Funding – Timeline

2008/2009: Ramp up learning curve (several months) Understand available funding opportunities and how we might fit

Network, network, network!

March/April „09: join consortia May: Initial Proposal submitted June: confirm buy-in from IFX senior management August: Full Project Proposal November: Projects selected

2010: Jan: Invitation to start Negotiations Feb: Detailed budget info -> TSB Feb: start of Consortium Agreement discussions Mar/April: Project Kickoff meetings May/June: Individual work package kickoffs -> start work! June: National Grant Agreement letter


Infineon UK ARTEMIS ProjectsThe Road to Funding - Ongoing

Still in progress: Consortium Agreements (dozens of legal departments) Defines how partners will work together (Management structure, IP ownership,

dispute resolution....)

ARTEMIS GA

3-year programme of activities for each project Collaborative working Milestones & Deliverables Reporting Quarterly claims against grant – UK and EU portions Audit

Develop trust & identify opportunities Further collaborations Academic relationships

Extend level of participation for future projects: Project coordination? Aim to influence direction of future WPs (ARTEMISIA)


POLLUX“Process Oriented Electrical Control Unit”

Summary Architecture, component design & prototyping of electric/hybrid vehicle

embedded systems architecture. Complementary to the ENIAC (1st call) “E3CAR” project. Project initiated by Infineon Munich

Budget Total project budget: €36M Total IFX-UK budget: €1.8M, 154MM Total IFX-UK funding requested 50%: €900K National contribution - €600K EU contribution - €300K

Total UK National funding requested (3 partners): €1M

Consortium 35 participants from 12 countries; Includes Fiat, ST, NXP, ON Semi, Continental, Valeo, PSA Peugeot Citroen,

Thales, QinetiQ (UK) & University of Sheffield (UK), Infineon Austria

IFX UK main Work Packages: Multi-core microcontroller architecture: specifications, design and

development, including FPGA Subsystems integration and demonstration

Website: www.artemis-pollux.eu

http://www.artemis-pollux.eu/



ARTEMIS POLLUX Project Title Presentation - 15

Pollux in a nutshellthe consortium

OEMTier1,

EngineeringTier,

Embedded systems

SME

Researchsystem

specification

sub-systemspecification

hardwaresoftware

R&D

sub-systemintegration

systemintegration

Demonstrationverificationvalidation

embeddedsystems

http://www.think.no/think


RECOMP“Reduced certification costs using trusted multi-core platforms”

Summary Isolation of safety-critical parts of systems using multi-core

technology, allowing S/W updates without need for re-certification.

Budget Total project budget: €26M Total IFX-UK budget: €1.95M, 152MM Total IFX-UK funding requested ~40%: €815K National contribution - €490K EU contribution - €325K

Total UK National funding requested (3 partners): €835K

Consortium 41 participants from 8 countries Includes Kone, Delphi, TUV SUD, EADS, Intel, PSA, Thales (UK),

Wittenstein (UK)

IFX UK main Work Packages: Dual Core, FPGA & Platform Development Coordination of Platform-based Project Demonstrators UK coordination (with TSB - national funding authority).


Future Challenges – Next year and Beyond

Changes in usage and programming models for microcontrollers in Embedded Systems: Increasing S/W complexity & diversity -> Hardware cost Automatic (model-based) code development Serial code unsuited to multicore architectures – sub-optimal.

Model-based control strategies e.g. For automotive powertrain Increased computational load

Looking to define specific challenges over next year Faster vs. Smarter: paradigm shift needed? Optimise and configure so that inherent parallelism in real-world

environment is maintained through S/W development & mapping to H/W

Task encapsulation to address safety requirements for ES e.g. In EV applications.

View to forming our next microcontroller development phase, starting around 2012....


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