The launch of Fondazione Chips-IT, Italy’s national centre for integrated circuit design, marks a turning point in the country’s technological trajectory. With the goal of strengthening skills, building industrial capacity and achieving true sovereignty in the semiconductor sector, a key enabler for artificial intelligence and intelligent systems, this initiative signals Italy’s entry into a more mature phase of strategic tech development.
Eletech at the foundation’s flagship event with a long-term industrial vision
Eletech, the company leading the International Design Centres of the Elemaster Group, attended the event with Ivo Boniolo, Head of ELEVO Innovation Hub. For Eletech, Chips-IT is a strategic milestone, fully aligned with the vision behind ELEVO: an innovation platform built to connect industry, research and deep-tech, accelerating technology transfer and bringing scalable, reliable electronic solutions to market.
From AI hardware demands to design sovereignty: the mission of competence centres
In a context where AI increasingly requires advanced hardware architectures, national competence centres are becoming essential to Italy’s industrial infrastructure. Companies can no longer be passive observers; they must actively contribute with skills, projects and execution capacity.
This is precisely the perspective that guided Eletech’s participation in the event: the belief that a stronger supply chain needs a stronger ecosystem. Elemaster’s decades of experience in embedded design, prototyping and high-reliability electronics positions the Group as a key player in this evolution.
Technology transfer and industrial scalability: the role of ELEVO
The ELEVO Hub is more than a research platform: it’s a strategic enabler of industrial incubation, capable of transforming advanced R&D into manufacturable, certifiable and scalable products. This capability is essential in sectors such as semiconductors, AI acceleration and intelligent systems, where vertical integration and time-to-market are key success factors.
A collaborative industrial ecosystem for Italy’s digital transition
Chips-IT embodies the idea that Italy’s digital future depends on strong public-private cooperation. It’s not just about supporting research; it’s about transforming innovation into strategic infrastructure. In this framework, companies like Eletech, and by extension the Elemaster Group, embrace a mission of responsible contribution and long-term vision.
As the semiconductor supply chain continues to evolve, the Foundation, along with all its partners, becomes one of the most concrete levers for Italy’s future technological competitiveness.