SEMI joins EU ReSiLient consortium
SEMI, the industry association for semiconductor and electronics design and manufacturing, has joined the EU ReSiLient project consortium to help fortify Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and improve supply chain resilience.
Co-funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe program, ReSiLient — Innovative Primary Substitution and Secondary Valorisation Routes for Europe’s Silicon and SiC Semiconductor Raw Material Value Chains — is a 48-month, €9.57 million project bringing together 18 partners from across nine European countries.
“Securing Europe’s access to silicon and SiC is no longer simply a materials challenge—it is a strategic industrial imperative,” said Laith Altimime, president, SEMI Europe. “ReSiLient tackles the critical raw-material bottlenecks at the very foundation of Europe’s semiconductor and power-device industries. SEMI Europe is committed to ensuring these results reach the industrial stakeholders who can turn them into action. By strengthening the resilience of Europe’s raw-material supply, ReSiLient will help reinforce the Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem, competitiveness, and global leadership.”
The project addresses four objectives:
Sustainable production at scale — Develop and demonstrate two integrated production routes: a primary route based on domestic mineral sources, and a secondary route based on industrial by-products and waste streams, using hydrometallurgical leaching, agglomeration, hydrogen plasma refining and carbothermic conversion to deliver metallurgical-grade silicon and high-purity silicon carbide at pilot scale.
Semiconductor qualification — Validate the purity and performance of project-produced Si, MG-Si and SiC for real semiconductor manufacturing, including Czochralski crystal growth and SiC boule production, benchmarked against commercial feedstock by end users STMicroelectronics Silicon Carbide AB and Infineon Technologies.
Competitiveness and exploitation — Benchmark both production chains against conventional baselines on cost, carbon footprint and supply security, and define clear commercial pathways, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) frameworks and regulatory compliance strategies for scale-up.
As part of SEMI’s participation, SEMI Europe will serve as lead partner for Work Package 8 (WP8), Social Acceptance, Dissemination, Communication and Standardisation.
