National Chip Implementation Center(2006)

National Chip Implementation Center(2006)

Based on the resolution of the Fourth National Science and Technology Conference, Taiwan's National Science Council(NSC) initiated the Chip Implementation Center Project(CIC Project) in 1992. The goal of this project is to establish a national research and service center for IC design. To realize the vision of making Taiwan a leading global IC design center, CIC is devoted to cultivating IC design manpower and upgrading IC design technology in Taiwan. ■ 1992 The CIC Project was initiated by the National Science Council(NSC) ■ 1993 The CIC project office was established in the Hsinchu Science Park on Technology Rd. III ■ 1999 The CIC project office relocated to Prosperity 1st Rd. in the Hsinchu Science Park ■ 2002 The CIC's South Regional Office was established in the Tainan Science Park ■ 2003 The CIC became one of the nine research-oriented laboratories under the National Applied Research Laboratories(NARL) ■ 2004 The CIC project office relocated to the Nanoelectronics Research Building in the Hsinchu Science Park.