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Hardware Is Back, Says CEA-Leti's CEO

www.eetimes.eu, Oct. 19, 2020 – 

In the opening keynote of the recent Leti Innovation Days, Emmanuel Sabonnadière, CEO of CEA-Leti, described Leti's commitments and actions for a world dramatically altered by Covid-19 pandemic. Not only is hardware making a comeback, but it is a game changer.

Covid-19 Response

The year 2020 is like no other. The Covid-19 outbreak has brought several technology developments overnight. Overall, the electronics industry has demonstrated resilience and adaptability to develop new solutions that could curb the spread of the virus. From the early days of the pandemic, CEA-Leti mobilized its resources. For instance, in March, CEA-Leti launched the Arise (AiR monitoring riSk arEa) project whose goal is to produce an air analyzer equipped with detection capabilities for the ubiquitous monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 pathogens in airborne droplets or aerosols in confined environments. In July, Leti and IAB (Institute for Advanced Biosciences) announced they had started working on a Covid-19 vaccine. The principle is based on the production of small drops of lipids, natural fatty substances, on which virus constituents can be associated and thus be taken over by the body's immune cells that capture microorganisms: dendritic cells. Thus charged, these cells are capable of initiating immune responses, such as the production of antibodies.

Physical and digital worlds convergence

With strict lockdown enforcement, the world moved to a digital-only-reality. "Our industry was absolutely instrumental in the way we have helped resolve some of the issues," said Sabonnadière. "Overnight, we switched from a world of contacts to a pure digital world. The digital infrastructure responded in a very reliable way, despite a high increase of users."

Notwithstanding the brutality of this transition, Sabonnadière said systems and technologies proved robust enough to enter this new age of the digital world. "Innovation is the mother of the future world", and CEA-Leti is advancing in various directions.

Seeing "no limit to silicon integration" and aiming to "resolve the data deluge craziness", CEA-Leti has been investing in computer science and "clearly our quantum and silicon as well as artificial intelligence programs are doing very well." Similarly, Sabonnadière said they are conducting research in sensor development and wireless communications for 5G and beyond. "We are also exploring communication for proximity, such as Ultra-wideband and LiFi [light fidelity]."

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