The CEA plays a major role in research, development and innovation in three main fields: energy, information and healthcare technologies, and defense. Set up on 9 centers located all over France, the CEA benefits from a strong regional insertion and solid partnerships with other research organizations, local authorities and universities.
A laboratory of the CEA in Grenoble, the Laboratory of electronics and information technologies (Leti) is at the leading edge of European research on microelectronics and microtechnologies. It employs more than 900 people. With its 110 patents filed per year and its 28 start-ups created or in the course of creation, it is one of the major partners of the industrial world.
Instigator of the MINATEC micro and nanotechnologies innovation center project, the CEA Grenoble is also one of its main partners with the Grenoble National Polytechnic Institute (INPG) and the local authorities: the Rhone- Alps Region, the Isere Department General Council (proprietor of the center), the Urban District Council and the Town of Grenoble. MINATEC IDEAs Laboratory(R) is a registered trademark of the CEA
