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Research Basel, Zurich

Clean sweep for cutting‑edge research

ETH Zurich’s Cleanroom Facility Basel and its sister facilities in Zurich provide state‑of‑the‑art environments for fabricating CMOS microelectronic chips, sensors, and semiconductor lasers. The rooms maintain strict temperature, humidity, and particle‑control standards, enabling researchers to produce structures as small as 500 nm and to test drug‑testing chips with human cells. The facilities are open to students, faculty, and industry partners, supporting a wide range of scientific projects.

Published
15 Sept 2026
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Basel, Zurich / Research
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ETH Zurich’s Cleanroom Facility Basel and its sister facilities in Zurich provide state‑of‑the‑art environments for fabricating CMOS microelectronic chips, sensors, and semiconductor lasers. The rooms maintain strict temperature, humidity, and particle‑control standards, enabling researchers to produce structures as small as 500 nm and to test drug‑testing chips with human cells. The facilities are open to students, faculty, and industry partners, supporting a wide range of scientific projects.

Why it matters

These clean rooms supply the high‑precision semiconductor components that underpin AI hardware, enabling Swiss researchers to develop and prototype AI accelerators and related technologies.

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