MINATEC in figures

MagIA, founded in August 2017 to bring research conducted at G2Elab and LMGP to the market, has just been ranked by Challenges magazine as one of 100 startups to invest in in 2018. The company is developing a portable, ultra-fast immunological test kit. The kit can complete a test—one that would traditionally require drawing blood and about two hours in the lab—from a few drops of blood in just fifteen minutes. The company, which currently has five employees, is now… More information

In 2008 Mina-News reported on the creation of the then-brand-new Phelma engineering school that resulted from the merger of ENSEEG, ENSERG, and ENSPG. The name Phelma was selected from around 20 candidates, including PEM, Phytec, Phynatec, and ENS MINATEC! This year, Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a slate of events for students, graduates, staff, and corporate partners. A special VIP event is planned for December 20. The school has enrolled 3,500 students and signed… More information

The PTA (Upstream Technology Platform) will turn ten on July 2, 2018. To celebrate, the platform will host an event for its affiliates and partners from academia and industry. The platform, which opened in 2008, is operated by INAC and LTM and plays a key role in Grenoble’s innovation ecosystem. Its class-1,000 cleanroom possesses all of the equipment and know-how required to complete proof-of-concept testing on materials, components, and processes. Users of the platform—whether they are from Grenoble or elsewhere—can… More information

The world’s leading foundries—including Samsung, TSMC, and GlobalFoundries—announced early this year that they would be starting volume manufacturing of MRAM memory, marking a major milestone. Among MRAM’s many benefits: It costs less to manufacture than embedded flash memory, is extremely energy efficient, and offers high communication speeds and a virtually-infinite number of cycles. Spintec’s research was a big contributor to this major step forward. According to a 2016 study by the CEA Documentation and Marketing Research Department, the lab’s research… More information