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Bavarian Chip Design Center (BCDC)

Stand: 23.09.2025

further expand chip design capabilities in Bavaria. The office is based in Erlangen-Tennenlohe.

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 economy.

Chip design plays a central role in the process from the idea to the finished chip. The Bavarian Chip Design Center (BCDC) with its office at the Fraunhofer IIS in Erlangen-Tennenlohe has set itself the goal of

  • to further expand chip design capabilities in Bavaria and
  • to provide companies, especially start-ups and SMEs, with easier access to chip design and the necessary supply chains.

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Ein Computerchip in einer Hand.
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