Bavarian Chip-Design-Center (BCDC)

The semiconductor and chip crisis has had a serious impact on industrial companies worldwide. A high level of dependence on Asian and American suppliers and value chains regularly poses major challenges for the Bavarian, German and European economies. The Bavarian economy in particular (automotive, medical technology, IT) is heavily dependent on microelectronic components.

Chip design plays a central role in the process from the idea to the finished chip, as it translates the requirements into functionalities, thereby driving final product innovation.

The Bavarian Chip-Design-Center (BCDC) has set itself the goal of further expanding chip design capabilities in Bavaria and providing companies, especially start-ups and SMEs, with easier access to chip design and the necessary supply chains.

Funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, the BCDC can further expand its research expertise. Collaborating with five Bavarian colleges and universities, it aims to become a leading competence center for chip design in Bavaria.

Three Fraunhofer Institutes are collaborating towards this goal: 

• Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security
• Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT
• Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS