Cluster Coordination NaMLab gGmbH Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Mikolajick Nöthnitzer Straße 64 01187 Dresden Germany Phone: +49 (0)351 21 24 990 12 Fax: +49 (0)351 475 83 900 E-Mail: [email protected] Cluster Organisation Silicon Saxony Management GmbH Thomas Reppe Manfred-von-Ardenne-Ring 20 01099 Dresden Germany Phone: +49 (0)351 89 25 800 Fax: +49 (0)351 89 25 801 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.cool-silicon.org Target The Federal Ministry of Education and Research launched a competition in the summer of 2007 called “Germany’s Leading-Edge Clusters – more innovation, more growth, more employment” . A third round of the competition is set to start at the end of 2010. Contact Leading-Edge-Cluster Competition www.cool-silicon.org Leading-Edge-Cluster COOL SILICON Partners Subsidized by Competition The plan is to hold three rounds of competition up to eighteen months apart. In each round, up to five Leading- Edge Clusters will be selected to receive a maximum of EUR 200 million of funding over a period of no more than five years. There is no restriction of topics: those appli- cants who come up with the best strategies for future markets – in their particular sector – will be selected. High-Tech Strategy A core element of the High-Tech Strategy for Germany is the building of bridges between science and busi- ness: to safeguard growth and employment, research results having innovation potential must be recog- nized and quickly and successfully brought to market. At the same time, research matters of relevance for the future must be formulated and solutions found. This requires close cooperation between the business and scientific communities. www.bmbf.de www.hightech-strategie.de Participating in the Cool Silicon Cluster are large semicon- ductor companies such as: Globalfoundries, Infineon, X-FAB, AMD and a multitude of powerful SMEs with 16 chairs at three technical universities (Technische Universität Dresden and Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaſt Dresden, Technische Universität Chemnitz) and nine research institutes. The large research project makes Cool Silicon one of the global leaders and represents a valuable contribution towards strenghtening the position of Saxon based companies in the global competition. Helmut Warnecke Vorstand Cool Silicon e. V., Managing Director Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH helmut.warnecke@infineon.com Prof. Dr. Thomas Mikolajick Cluster Coordinator, Managing Director NaMLab gGmbH [email protected] Stephan Krüger Manager Area 1, GLOBALFOUNDRIES [email protected] Prof. Dr. Frank Ellinger Manager Area 2, Professor for Circuit Design and Network Theory at TU Dresden [email protected] Dr.-Ing. Dieter Hentschel Manager Area 3, Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing (IZFP) [email protected] Thomas Reppe Managing Director Silicon Saxony Management GmbH [email protected] Cluster Management Supported by www.vor-dresden.de