Silicon Austria Labs (SAL)

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We develop technologies for a greener, smarter and more connected future of electronic based systems.

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We offer industry-oriented research, top infrastructure and customized cooperation.

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If you want to actively shape the technologies of the future, then you've come to the right place.

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Expanded collaboration includes installation of EVG’s LITHOSCALE® maskless exposure system, EVG®7300 UV-NIL system and complementary resist processing…

Learn more about Raheeb in his Career Blog.

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Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) works together with six international partners from research, industry and patient associations to develop a smart skin…

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Yesterday, top research center Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) opened Austria’s biggest research cleanroom at the site in Villach at tpv Technology Park…

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Mohammadsadegh Namnabat is currently doing his PhD in collaboration with EPFL University (Lausanne, Switzerland). He is working on improving the…

Herbert Hackl is one of the top five longest-serving researchers at the SAL site in Graz. Read his career blog here!

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SAL researcher Jürgen Kosel is co-author of the publication "Wearable sensors for monitoring marine environments and their inhabitants" in the journal…

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Jannick Fammels is part of the Thin Film Technologies group within the Microsystems Technologies Research Division at SAL Villach. He is doing his…

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We congratulate Junior Scientists Pooja Thakkar, Sara Guerreiro and Madeleine Petschnigg on winning the Early Career Call for their project proposal…

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This month in our Career Blog: Celebrate her one-year anniversary at SAL with Emily Bezerra!

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SAL recently acquired a 300 mm automated probe system with an autonomous silicon photonics measurement assistant, the CM300xi-SiPh, from FormFactor.…

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With an increasing number of installed solar systems, the question we must ask now is what happens when these systems have reached the end of their…

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SAL and EV Group strengthen collaboration in optical technology research

"As you keep on learning, your role models change with you"

Innovative research project develops high-tech patch for early kidney disease detection

Silicon Austria Labs opens Austria's biggest cleanroom

Grüezi from Lausanne: Mohammadsadegh's PhD journey between SAL and EPFL

"We are always pushing the boundaries of what is possible and doable"

Could sensors measure the state of our oceans and their inhabitants in the future?

Gaining experience abroad with SAL: Jannick's research stay at UCSD

Project proposal VARIMED won an Early Career Call

"My journey at SAL has been challenging and rewarding"

Transforming Integrated Photonics Testing: SAL's New 300-mm Wafer Probe Station with Streamlined Automation

PVReValue: Opportunities and limits of recycling solar modules

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