Europe's chip
designers deserve
a seat at the table.
VOICES is building the first pan-European association dedicated entirely to fabless semiconductor companies — the innovators designing the chips that will power Europe's future.
Fabless companies contribute 50% of global chip revenues. Europe accounts for less than 1%. We are here to change that — by connecting, amplifying, and empowering the European fabless ecosystem.
The numbers behind a missing institution.
A unified voice
for Europe's
chip innovators.
For too long, Europe's fabless semiconductor startups and SMEs have navigated a fragmented landscape alone — isolated from policy decisions, underrepresented in funding discussions, and invisible to the investors and partners they need to grow.
VOICES is changing that. A Horizon Europe project founded by six leading European fabless companies, we are establishing the European Fabless Semiconductor Association (EFSA) — a permanent, independent body that speaks for the entire fabless ecosystem.
We connect companies across 27 EU member states, open doors to EU institutions, and make sure that the next generation of European chip innovators has the resources, relationships, and recognition to compete globally.
Access. Advocacy.
Amplification.
Access
From EDA tools and pilot lines to funding calls and foundry partnerships — we centralise what you need to design and manufacture competitive chips in Europe.
Advocacy
We represent fabless SMEs in the rooms where policy is made: the Chips Joint Undertaking, EU Commission Directorates, the European Parliament, and national ministries.
Amplification
We connect European fabless companies with deep-tech investors, system integrators, and corporate partners actively looking for the next semiconductor breakthrough.
Built by founders,
for the ecosystem.
The six European fabless companies behind the VOICES project. Six different technologies. Together over €500 million in cumulative funding and dozens of tape-outs.
Backed by 35+
ecosystem partners.
Letters of Intent · Breakdown
Before our first day of operation we received letters of intent from over 35 organisations across the European semiconductor ecosystem. This is what collective action looks like.
Latest from VOICES.
European Fabless Semiconductor Association formally launched in Brussels; semiconductor veteran Paul de Bot named its first President
The first pan-European body for companies that design semiconductor chips without owning a fab was formally launched on November 4 at the ALLPROs event in Brussels.
Read more →
VOICES presented at VivaTech Paris
The executives of all six VOICES founding companies came together at VivaTech in Paris to present VOICES — pictured here at the European Innovation Council booth.
Read more →