Project
SPIN-CHIP — ultra-low-power sustainable spin chips
Ultra-Low Power Sustainable Spin Chips: the Missing Brick for the Future of EU Microelectronics
SPIN-CHIP — in full, Ultra-low power sustainable spin chips: the missing brick for the future of EU microelectronics — is a 42-month European research project funded under the EU Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU), running from June 2026 to December 2029 with a total investment of €23.8 million.
The project sets out to demonstrate the potential of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) in the next generation of semiconductors designed and manufactured in Europe.
The consortium was formally launched at a kick-off meeting hosted by Thales on 2–3 June 2026.
Consortium
SPIN-CHIP brings together more than 30 organisations across Europe — universities, research and technology organisations, SMEs and large industry. The project is coordinated by Thales Research and Technology (TRT), France. Antecnica takes part as a consortium partner.
Antecnica's contribution
Antecnica is responsible for the radiating side — the antenna structures through which the spintronic systems transmit and receive.
Partners
Participating organisations include, among others:
- France — Thales Research and Technology (coordinator), CEA, CNRS, IC'ALPS, NanoXplore, Thales Alenia Space
- Belgium — IMEC, Magics Technologies, Université Catholique de Louvain, Vertical Compute, VOCSens
- Italy — Università della Calabria (UNICAL), Politecnico di Bari, Università degli Studi di Messina, Antecnica, MARIS
- Germany — Fraunhofer, Infineon Technologies, Singulus Technologies, 3D-Micromac
- Portugal — CARDIOID Technologies, BEYOND VISION, INESC-MN, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL)
- Denmark — Aarhus Universitet, Syddansk Universitet
- Sweden — Göteborgs Universitet, Project Management in Research Rosqvist & Widforss
- Cyprus — SignalGenerix