Collaborative R&D Funding Infineon UK

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1 Collaborative R&D Funding Infineon UK Electric Vehicle FP7 Funding Information Meeting SMMT 28 th June 2010 Helen Finch

2 First Collaborative Projects The Story So Far... Infineon Background The Challenge: Why? What? How? Timeline Future plans 2 Collaborative Projects now running Page 2

3 Infineon at a Glance The Company Infineon provides semiconductor and system solutions, focusing on three central needs of our modern society: Energy Efficiency, Communications and Security Revenue in FY 2009: billion EUR Some 25,216 employees worldwide (as of March 2010) Strong technology portfolio with about 22,900 patents and patent applications More than 28 R&D locations Germany s largest semiconductor company Page 3

4 Automotive Trends Page 4

5 Infineon Automotive Business Areas Compute Sense Actuate Page 5

6 Infineon UK - Background Setup in 1999 to specialise in the design of 32 bit Micro- Controllers and related subsystems Drawing on local skill set in Bristol region of the UK Registered Office for IFX UK Ltd R&D Engineers ~50 Sales (Field based) ~15 Since 2006 focus has been solely on developing IP for Automotive silicon chips assembled in Germany and Asia; Key site for development of the TriCore processor Key site for 32bit system peripherals Strong R&D focus with clear route to market By /3 of new cars world wide will contain IP developed by IFX UK Page 6

7 Infineon UK - Strategic Challenges The challenges: R&D work in UK all funded by IFX AG, need to drive cost competitiveness -> EU Funding provides an opportunity Contacts and potential collaborators Automotive orientated -> Expand our own network IFX UK operations not widely recognised inside UK -> Raise our profile We face internal pressure from low cost sites driving economic efficiency and maintaining technical excellence is key to survival! Page 7

8 Collaborative R&D Funding: Benefits Funding Income Reduced engineering rate compared with other sites -> increased possibility for: Job retention Recruitment opportunities Expansion of R&D base Political impact within organisation Collaboration Extends field of Impact & Influence Expands context for R&D activity better overall knowledge Raises profile Staff retention more interesting and varied work Fosters links into other parts of supply chain at technical level (e.g. S/W and tools providers in our case) Generates future business development opportunities Page 8

9 Collaborative R&D Funding: Getting Started Investment in full-time person to make it happen! Review of Opportunities Funding Schemes and Calls EU UK Local RDA Match areas of interest and activity Interview main innovators internally -> ideas Stick to core areas no big diversions! E.g. Multi-core + Environment & Safety Page 9

10 Collaborative R&D Funding: Finding Opportunities Networking New contacts External Internal Publicise wish to get involved Personal contact essential Brokerage Events Find interesting & compatible projects Stay informed Join consortia Information Gathering Mailing lists NCPs CORDIS Network Training & Workshops Page 10

11 Infineon UK EU Collaborative Funding ARTEMIS Decision to focus on joint EU/national ARTEMIS programme Near-market embedded systems Large projects aimed at improving overall EU competitiveness in embedded systems across all sectors UK funds 33.3%, EU funds 16.7% -> 50% funding overall Participant in 3 proposals submitted to ARTEMIS 2009 call in Sept: RECOMP POLLUX SAFARI RECOMP and POLLUX selected Project kickoffs in March and April 2010 IFX UK funding of 1.7M through ARTEMIS 2009 call 3 years duration ~10% Bristol Design Centre running costs on average Page 11

12 Infineon UK ARTEMIS Projects The Road to Funding Timeline 2008/2009: Ramp up learning curve (several months) Understand available funding opportunities and how we might fit Network, network, network! March/April 09: join consortia May: Initial Proposal submitted June: confirm buy-in from IFX senior management August: Full Project Proposal November: Projects selected 2010: Jan: Invitation to start Negotiations Feb: Detailed budget info -> TSB Feb: start of Consortium Agreement discussions Mar/April: Project Kickoff meetings May/June: Individual work package kickoffs -> start work! June: National Grant Agreement letter Page 12

13 Infineon UK ARTEMIS Projects The Road to Funding - Ongoing Still in progress: Consortium Agreements (dozens of legal departments) Defines how partners will work together (Management structure, IP ownership, dispute resolution...) ARTEMIS GA 3-year programme of activities for each project Collaborative working Milestones & Deliverables Reporting Quarterly claims against grant UK and EU portions Audit Develop trust & identify opportunities Further collaborations Academic relationships Extend level of participation for future projects: Project coordination? Aim to influence direction of future WPs (ARTEMISIA) Page 13

14 POLLUX Process Oriented Electrical Control Unit Summary Architecture, component design & prototyping of electric/hybrid vehicle embedded systems architecture. Complementary to the ENIAC (1 st call) E3CAR project. Project initiated by Infineon Munich Budget Total project budget: 36M Total IFX-UK budget: 1.8M, 154MM Total IFX-UK funding requested 50%: 900K National contribution - 600K EU contribution - 300K Total UK National funding requested (3 partners): 1M Consortium 35 participants from 12 countries; Includes Fiat, ST, NXP, ON Semi, Continental, Valeo, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Thales, QinetiQ (UK) & University of Sheffield (UK), Infineon Austria IFX UK main Work Packages: Multi-core microcontroller architecture: specifications, design and development, including FPGA Subsystems integration and demonstration Website: Page 14

15 Pollux in a nutshell the consortium SME OEM Tier1, Engineering Tier, Embedded systems emonstration verification validation system specification system integration sub-system specification sub-system integration hardware software embedded systems Research R&D ARTEMIS POLLUX Project Title Presentation - 15

16 RECOMP Reduced certification costs using trusted multi-core platforms Summary Isolation of safety-critical parts of systems using multi-core technology, allowing S/W updates without need for re-certification. Budget Total project budget: 26M Total IFX-UK budget: 1.95M, 152MM Total IFX-UK funding requested ~40%: 815K National contribution - 490K EU contribution - 325K Total UK National funding requested (3 partners): 835K Consortium 41 participants from 8 countries Includes Kone, Delphi, TUV SUD, EADS, Intel, PSA, Thales (UK), Wittenstein (UK) IFX UK main Work Packages: Dual Core, FPGA & Platform Development Coordination of Platform-based Project Demonstrators UK coordination (with TSB - national funding authority). Page 16

17 Future Challenges Next year and Beyond Changes in usage and programming models for microcontrollers in Embedded Systems: Increasing S/W complexity & diversity -> Hardware cost Automatic (model-based) code development Serial code unsuited to multicore architectures sub-optimal. Model-based control strategies e.g. For automotive powertrain Increased computational load Looking to define specific challenges over next year Faster vs. Smarter: paradigm shift needed? Optimise and configure so that inherent parallelism in real-world environment is maintained through S/W development & mapping to H/W Task encapsulation to address safety requirements for ES e.g. In EV applications. View to forming our next microcontroller development phase, starting around Page 17

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