Research

The Chip UPC Chair, through doctoral programs in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, and Computer Architecture, aims to carry out intensive doctoral thesis-level training in collaboration with companies associated with the Chair, to train dozens of doctors in the coming years.

Research fronts

The Chip UPC Chair, also known for its activity in advanced architectures and photonic systems, carries out its research activity in collaboration with 12 companies in the ecosystem and with the support of 2 research centers: BSC and ICFO.

Lace Litography: Lithography-based manufacturing
Ideaded: Deposition and lithography techniques
Monocrom: Design and manufacturing of laser diodes
Qualcomm: Electronic design automation
Imasenic: High-resolution image sensors

With the support of BSC

IBM: Electronic design automation
LENOVO: Genomic analysis and acceleration of processes in HPC
NVIDIA: Evaluation and analysis of RISC-V vector CPUs

With the support of ICFO

LUXQUANTA: Development of integrated photonic circuits (PICs- CVQKD)
QURV: Development of integrated photonic circuits
QUSIDE: Development of integrated photonic circuits (PICs- QRNG)