Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics in cooperation with the Leibniz institutes IHP and FBH
Focus topic "sustainability"
In recent years, enormous progress has been made in developing and producing increasingly energy-saving electronic components, which was essential, for example, for the spread of mobile electronic devices. Due to the exponential growth in microelectronics and the penetration of virtually all areas of work and life with electronic components, the total energy consumption of information and communication technology (ICT) has risen continuously.
Current developments in adaptive systems are exacerbating this problem. Energy consumption will be concentrated in large data centers and become noticeably more relevant in the ever-more widespread IoT devices and systems. A growing share of this is also due to the enormous increase in data transmission.
The institutes cooperating in the FMD jointly drive research in the field of resource efficiency and sustainability and develop solutions for the following areas:
- Green ICT: ICT designed to protect the environment and conserve resources
- Green by ICT: ICT solutions for saving resources
- Green Energy Systems: Resource-efficient energy systems
- EcoDesign and cycle-compatible technology
The aim is to develop resource- and energy-efficient technologies and systems and consider the entire value chain from manufacturing to supply chains. Here, it is imperative not only to optimize individual components from an environmental point of view but to consider entire systems, including their whole life cycle.
