5G/6G MAESTRO

Roadmap Focus

iNEMI, along with several industry and academic partners, is developing the 5G/6G mmWave Materials and Electrical Test Technology Roadmap (5G/6G MAESTRO) as part of the NIST Advanced Manufacturing Technology (MfgTech) Roadmap. The goal is to create a foundation of knowledge and expertise in the U.S. to support the development and manufacturing of leading edge 5G and 6G products. 

MAESTRO will be a comprehensive 10-year hardware roadmap for mmWave materials characterization and testing. It will focus on the top two gaps in 5G materials development and testing as defined in various industry reports: high-speed/ultra-low loss materials (availability, testing and characterization) and electrical testing and standardization. The technology scope includes:

• Characterization
• Materials development
• Electrical test
• Manufacturing scale-up
• Workforce development

This 18-month roadmapping project t began on May 1, 2022 and will be completed by September 30, 2023. 

Roadmap Partners

A cross-functional team of partners brings together large and small manufacturers, materials companies, university-based research institutions, and consortia to ensure that the roadmap accurately captures technology requirements over the next 15 years and reflects the views of all stakeholders. 

 

3DGS	Intel
3M	Keysight Technologies
AMD	ITRI
Applied Materials	liloTree
Binghamton University	Mosaic Microsystems
Dell Technologies	Nantero
Dow	NIST
DuPont	Nokia
Ectron Corporation	Penn State University
Florida International University	Qorvo
Georgia Institute of Technology	QWED
IBM	TechSearch International
iNEMI

 

 

Funding

iNEMI was awarded $290,865 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Advanced Manufacturing Technology Roadmap (MFGTech) Program under the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM). iNEMI is one of seven organizations receiving MFGTech grants totaling $2.08 million to develop manufacturing technology roadmaps to strengthen U.S. innovation and productivity across entire industry sectors. (See announcement.)