imec

At a glance

Legal name

Interuniversity Microelectronics CentreverifiedSource

1. imec — About pagehttps://www.imec-int.com/en/about-us

Updated: 2026-05-04

Aliases

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Type

non-profitverifiedSource

1. imec — About pagehttps://www.imec-int.com/en/about-us

Updated: 2026-05-04

Focus areas

research-grade, developer-tools, brain-mappingverifiedSource

1. imec — Neural probeshttps://www.imec-int.com/en/expertise/health-technologies/neural-probes

Updated: 2026-05-04

Founded

1984verifiedSource

1. imec — About pagehttps://www.imec-int.com/en/about-us

Updated: 2026-05-04

Defunct

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Spinout of

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

HQ city

LeuvenverifiedSource

1. imec — About pagehttps://www.imec-int.com/en/about-us

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ country

BEverifiedSource

1. imec — About pagehttps://www.imec-int.com/en/about-us

Updated: 2026-05-04

Employees

5001-10000 (as of 2026-05-06)verifiedSource

1. imec — About pagehttps://www.imec-int.com/en/about-us

Updated: 2026-05-04

Flagship device

neuropixels-1verifiedSource

1. Neuropixels — official site (IMEC distribution)https://www.neuropixels.org

Updated: 2026-05-04

Product lines

2verifiedSource

1. Neuropixels — official site (IMEC distribution)https://www.neuropixels.org

Updated: 2026-05-04

In-house manufacturing

YesverifiedSource

1. imec — Neural probeshttps://www.imec-int.com/en/expertise/health-technologies/neural-probes

Updated: 2026-05-04

Open source

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

GitHub org

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Website

imec-int.comverifiedSource

1. imec — official sitehttps://www.imec-int.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Blog

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Support

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Devices

• invasivesingle-unit

  Neuropixels 1.0

  imec

  960 channelsEUR 1,200
• invasiveLFP

  Neuropixels 2.0

  imec

  5120 channels—

MilestonesverifiedSources (2)

1. imec — About pagehttps://www.imec-int.com/en/about-us
2. Jun et al., Nature 2017 — Neuropixelshttps://www.nature.com/articles/nature246362017-11-08

Updated: 2026-05-04

1. 1984

   imec founded in Leuven, Belgium

2. 2017-11-08

   Neuropixels 1.0 published in Nature

   960-site silicon shank changes the economics of high-channel-count electrophysiology overnight.

Reputation

imec is the largest independent nanoelectronics research center in the world; the Neuropixels family is its highest-profile life-science product, distributed at cost to the academic neuroscience community via neuropixels.org.