1. Internationalization and Smart Specialization
@ DSP Valley (Flanders, Belgium)
Dr.ir. Peter Simkens
Managing Director
peter.simkens@dspvalley.com

2. DSP Valley‘s Networking Mission
• Mission
– To stimulate new innovative partnerships, by offering a platform where
potential partners can meet and match
– To create a (technology) community, with mutual trust, where people are
prepared to exchange ideas and to help each other, by exploiting technological
complementarities
– To facilitate interregional matchmaking and partnering
• You can never know enough about your potential partners
• You can never work together with somebody you don’t know!
• Technology Network and Managed Cluster
– focused on Design of Embedded Signal Processing Systems
– offering synergy and complementarity in competencies
– cooperative network for stimulation of innovation, supported by Institute for
the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)
– Network founded as private initiative in 1996 by “Godfathers”: K.U.Leuven,
IMEC and Philips Leuven
– Where all participants have contractual relationships
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3. Complementarity & Proximity
in the DSP Valley cluster
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4. Cooperation and partnering example
in the DSP Valley cluster
Design of digital functions for Design of analog functions for Algorithm development:
use in sound processors implants and sound processors noise suppression & multi-
Theses microphone sound acquisition
Design of analog
ICs used in
TETRA project
implants.
(Wireless Sensor Networks)
µsystems & packaging
IC prototyping & small volume Electronic prototyping
production (Europractice) and special devices
EC-project: “Healthy Aims”
ULP Hardware architecture:CHAMP Embedded Software
Coolflux ULP speech processor (2009): design & manuf. development
ULP Magnetic Induction Wireless (2009): design & manuf.
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5. Internationalization:
European network of cluster partners
• Cluster partners for embedded systems:
– System@tic (FR)
– BICC-Net (DE)
– ETN (UK)
– Regina (DE)
– Infopole (BE)
• Cluster partners for semiconductor technology:
– Silicon Saxony (DE)
– Minalogic (FR)
– Arcsis (FR)
– NMI (UK)
– Silicon Southwest (UK)
– Business Cluster Semiconductors (NL)
• New partners under development:
– In ES, DK, DE, PL
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6. Smart Specialization for Flanders:
Nanotechnologies for Health
Cluster Governance for NfH
DSP Valley NanoTechnologies Flanders BIO
for Health
Essenscia
Smart Health Systems
Bio-silicon & BAN & Remote Medical Imaging Bio-instrumen- Biomaterials Biotech Biopharma
Medical Devices Monitoring tation
Fabless Semiconductor & Embedded Systems
Design & Development Community
Nano-electronics Technology Platforms Life Sciences Technology Platforms
imec R&D Platforms VIB
NERF
Clinical Testing & Translational Research
UZ GHB
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7. How DSP Valley fits to
Smart Specialization for NfH
Application
Health Systems
Smart Buildings
Smart Home &
domains New:
technology
Mobility
valorization via
Smart
Smart
applications
...
Enabling
Embedded
Processing
embedded Wireless vision
DSP
Imaging
technologies
Design
Valley
Sound
Tools
design 1.0
Nanotechnology NanoMaterials New:
platform Equipment Suppliers linking with
Fabs & MEMS production
capability
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