International Joint Research Lab opened in Taiwan

During the visit of a TU delegation led by the Vice President for Innovation and International Affairs, Professor Thomas Walther, an International Joint Research Lab (IJRL) in the field of “Memristor Technology” was ceremonially opened on 17 March 2023 at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan. Within the framework of the IJRL, TU researchers from various departments cooperate with colleagues from the NCKU. Other partners are the Goethe University Frankfurt and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). In an interdisciplinary approach from materials science and electrical engineering, the IJRL will focus on so-called memristors. These novel electronic components can perform brain-like functions for artificial intelligence and other applications in an energy-efficient manner. They will play an essential role in the microelectronics of the future. The spokesperson is Professor Lambert Alff.