Prof. Vassilios MakiosGeneral Manager

v.makios@corallia.org

The Greek high tech industry momentum Corallia Clusters Initiative as an innovation ecosystem catalyst

[Greece]A favorable environment

R&D Infrastructure

Professional workforce

• Highly competent engineering force• The market is relatively young thus talent competition not fierce• Productivity at high level

• Strongest asset: talented and highly skilled minds of young scientists and engineers• ... Deep knowledge and wide range of scientific capabilities• … high level of education (Masters/ Doctorates)• ... Professionals with valuable experience• ... Dedication, loyalty, adaptability and focus on a target

[Corallia]Mission

= Innovation Catalyst

[Corallia]Clusters

mi-Cluster (nano/microelectronics & embedded Systems)

pilot establishment

• Reached critical mass in 2006

• mi-Cluster Members::

• some figures [[F/Y 2008F/Y 2008]]::

[2006] 13 companies[2006] 13 companies

mi-Cluster today Patras

Thessaloniki

Athens

Greece

• 130 actors including industry academia, research, financial institutions, public actors, buyers & suppliers

• Main geographical concentration in Athens (74), South Greece – Patras (27) & Northern Greece – Thessaloniki (10)

mi-Cluster products

•mi-Cluster members have developed products, which are currently sold in the global market•Analog/MS/RF/Digital IP and ASIC design•Embedded software•System design•EDA tools NG Residential

gateways: Ethernet Switch, ADSL2/2+, SoftPBX, USB2.0, WiFi a/b/g/e, SD Flash Card UWB, GPON, VDSL, HDTV

Integrated flow and acceleration sensors

On-Board cameras

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software tools

Integrated video codersMPEG 4-10/AVC or

H.264

Single-chip transceivers for wireless data: WiFi, WiMax

Integrated transceivers of DECT wireless telephony

Integrated circuits for Gbit Ethernet and wireless (GSM, 3G, WiFi, WiMax) comms

Analog, Mixed-signal and RF integrated circuits

Integrated PCMCIA systems for wireless laptop access

mi-Cluster investments

• mi-Cluster companies backed by Private Investors or Multinational companies established abroad:

• More than €30Μ from private investors over the last 10 years• Recent acquisition of the Elxys Innovations by Ceragon, Blind Type by Google,

Athena Semi by Broadcom• Over €80Μ investment of multinationals, directly for the development of design

centers operating in Greece (Sitel, Nanoradio, Bytemobile)

Customer Base

Tier-1 customers worldwide (incl. ATT, Brazil Telecom, Broadcom, CERN, Cypress, EADS Avionics, Freescale, Frigoglas, Fujitsu, Goodrich, Intel, Israel Aerospace Industries, Jazz, LG, Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NASA, Netlogic, NTT, O2 UK, OKI, Omega, Panasonic, Philips, Rockwell Collins, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, T-Mobile, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Xerox

www.hellenic-sia.org

Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association

• Established in 2005, acting as a business development association bringing together companies and research institutes in Greece and abroad

• Members provide the global semiconductor & nano/microelectronics industry with innovative products & services

• examples: fastest and among smallest JPEG cores• greenest & most cost efficient VoiP• total revenues in 2009 grew by 4% vs. 2008

mob-Cluster (Mobile Services) today

• Establishment of the Hellenic Association of Mobile Application Companies (HAMAC), acting as the representing body of 31 Greek companies:

• 90% of the industry’s turnover in Greece • 4.000 employees among which, 1000 highly specialized scientists • Company presence spreading in 40 countries

• Leading companies with clientele including the largest telecommunication services corporations in the world

• LSE and AIM listed companies

• Established in 2009 – the Hellenic Association of Space Industries Comprising of 16 companies:

• > 26M € turnover in 2009 from exports • > 5M € annual (2009) expenditure in R&D• 23% of employees comprises of highly specialized scientists

space-Cluster (Space tech & Services) today

• A total of 50 of companies operate in Greece and are involved in the following areas of technological & scientific expertise• Nutrigenomics• Perfumes & Essences (crocus) • Wine cultivation

baf-Cluster (Bio-Agro-Food technologies cluster) today