Silicon Austria Labs (SAL)

Unfold the Future

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Research partner for smart industries

Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) is Austria's top research center for electronic based systems. We develop innovative solutions for environmental protection, health, energy, mobility and security - from wafers to intelligent systems.

About SAL

from idea to innovation

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We offer industry-oriented research as well as services at the highest level, a well-equipped research infrastructure and customized opportunities for cooperation.

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If you want to actively shape the technologies of the future and enjoy working in an international team, then you've come to the right place.

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Katrin Unger is a materials scientist with a focus on intelligent polymers and their applications, but also Austrian Champion in the strategy…

With Christof Wochesländer, Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) expands its management team with the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The top…

Top research center Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) takes the lead in an EU-funded research project to develop an advanced detection and ranging system for…

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From February 1-3, 2023 the 22nd International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference took place in Tokyo, Japan. Rudolf Heer, Head of Research Unit…

Led by Infineon Austria, the European research project "Listen2Future" started with 27 partners from 7 countries to develop new and smallest…

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Global leader in mobile communication technologies Ericsson has joined forces with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and eight other…

Modern AI techniques based on Deep Learning methods have achieved outstanding results in several different fields, including computer vision. However,…

International cooperation is a key pillar to create new technologies. Madeleine Petschnigg, Junior Scientist in the field of Microsystems at Silicon…

Madeleine Petschnigg and Prof. Susan Trolier-McKinstry in the research group's electrical characterization laboratory.

This year, SAL purchased a special oscilloscope with an extremely high bandwidth. This helps researchers test 6G outputs enabling not only electronic…

With Bruno Clerckx, the top research center Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) has been able to win an internationally renowned scientist as its new CTO. The…

Silicon Austria Labs is the first customer to receive the next-generation EVG150 system. Redesigned 200-mm platform increases module capacity for…

EVG150 resist processing platform in the cleanroom

Artificial Intelligence applied to detection and recognition problems gets more and more important in the current digitized century and is a key…

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More than Moore

More functionality and efficiency in smaller components

The research goals on More-than-Moore technologies at SAL are reduction of complexity, miniaturization and increase in efficiency of components.

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6G

Convergence of communications, radar, localization and sensing

Currently, the necessary fundamental research for a market launch of 6G starting in 2030 is beginning to form internationally. At Silicon Austria Labs in Linz, research is being conducted on essential "enabling technologies" for 6G.

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Dependable EBS

For a future where EBS technology fosters trust

SAL is researching various technologies that contribute to the dependability of EBS, from software development for the Internet of Things to the question of the explainability of artificial intelligence.

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