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SPIN-CHIP kicks off — Antecnica joins a European project on ultra-low-power spin chips
SPIN-CHIP — Ultra-low power sustainable spin chips: the missing brick for the future of EU microelectronics — was formally launched at a kick-off meeting hosted by Thales on 2–3 June 2026, bringing all partners together.
Funded under the EU Chips Joint Undertaking, the project runs for 42 months, until December 2029, with a total investment of €23.8 million. It sets out to demonstrate the potential of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) in the next generation of semiconductors designed and manufactured in Europe.
The consortium brings together more than 30 organisations across Europe — universities, research and technology organisations, SMEs and large industry — and is coordinated by Thales Research and Technology (TRT), France. Antecnica participates as one of the partners, alongside Italian members including the University of Calabria, Politecnico di Bari, the University of Messina and MARIS.
Within the consortium, Antecnica is responsible for the radiating side — the antenna structures through which the spintronic systems transmit and receive.
Further details are on the project page.