Our first formal policy submission outlines six concrete recommendations for opening pilot lines and Multi-Project Wafer runs to European fabless startups.
VOICES has formally submitted its first policy position paper to the Chips Joint Undertaking, outlining six concrete recommendations for opening pilot lines and Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) runs to European fabless startups and SMEs. The submission, prepared in consultation with the founding members and a working group of seventeen ecosystem partners, argues that the current MPW programmes — while technically excellent — are structurally biased towards large incumbents with the resources to absorb long onboarding cycles. The paper recommends shorter design windows, SME-tiered pricing, and an open PDK policy that would allow fabless startups to validate silicon at affordable cost. The full text is available in the publications section.
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