October 8, 2003 – Research group Inter-university MicroElectronics Center (IMEC) and Royal Philips Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, will team up to develop process technologies at 45nm and below, beginning at 200mm and gradually transitioning to 300mm. The research will be conducted at IMEC’s new facility in Leuven, Belgium, with equipment move-in scheduled for 2Q04.