With a 50 billion allocation under the European Chips Act, each EU country is poised to enhance its efforts in securing a position within the semiconductor value chain. Being fully integrated into the European research ecosystem thanks to TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology's decades-long research heritage in IC/ASIC design, Estonia has very good chances for success since the solid ground has always been there. On the other hand, the missing start-up ecosystem backed by venture capital is a serious obstacle on the road to success in this demanding but extremely profitable sector.

Europe as a whole needs a revitalizing boost in chip design and production capacity. Hence, the European Commission's Chips Act initiative comes in as a timely action.


"We are already witnessing the increasing success of deep tech companies in convincing investors here in Estonia and hope to see at least a few AI / NN accelerator chip start-ups appearing in near future here on our soil", says Dr. Artur Jutman, Testonica's CEO. Read more in his recent report about the respective round table with numerous stakeholders discussing the need for attracting ChipsJU funding to Estonia.


Fingers crossed for the positive decision for the new Estonian Chip Competence Center to be established to give IC start-ups a necessary boost in terms of competitive advantage on the market as well as trust in front of venture capitalists.


Testonica already offers development and consulting services particularly in DFT and BIST (like IEEE Std. 1687 IJTAG).