The Minalogic competitive cluster

This global competitive cluster established in Grenoble aims to secure technological leadership in the area of micro- and nano-technology and chip-embedded software as well as to develop intelligent solutions vastly differentiated by their level of miniaturization, embedded software and connectivity for fields of application such as energy efficiency, mobility, health, the image chain, etc.

In early 2007, Minalogic had 78 partners: 48 companies including 33 SME, 10 research and university institutes, 14 local government agencies, and 6 economic development organizations.

In 2006, Minalogic certified 30 projects with a total R&D budget of around 1.12 billion €. Three projects were backed by the Agency for Industrial Innovation (AII) for the sum of 192 M€, seven by the Fonds de compétitivité des entreprises (FCE) and local government agencies for a total of 37.2 M€. 63 M€ worth of projects were also submitted to the ANR (national research agency).

The dynamism of the cluster was confirmed in 2007 with 14 new projects filed for a total of 118 M€.