The foundation of Regional Innovation Cluster Program (Global Type【2nd Stage】)  has triggered various effor ts and developments. Listed are the achievements so far.

　CATS (Co., ltd) is working on research and development of model checking tool, 'Garakabu', using ZIPC (state transition matrix based CASE tools). By validating the model “behavior”in the upstream of software development process, it can improve system quality and contribute significantly to reducing man-hours. This research aims to contribute to the automotive industry by studying the model checking technology that is suitable for automotive embedded software. Consequently, 'Garakabu' has been adopted by Denso (Co., ltd) as a model checking tool.

　A Kyushu University-centered group that works on a research theme of “Development of MIMO-MESH
point”, has developed a device called “PicoMesh LunchBox” that extends wireless LAN communication
area without costly cable constructions. A venture company,PicoCELA Inc., has then been founded to lead
the commercialization of this research achievement. The effort has been evaluated and the innovation has been awarded with the “The 3rd Creation Partnership Grand Prix Award”sponsored by THE NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN,LTD.. In the fiscal year of 2009,the project team has developed a high performance version of LunchBox, named PicoMesh SHELL. In the fiscal year of 2010,the project team aims for a successful development of PicoMesh MIMO which achieves performance improvement by introducing MIMO technology to  the LunchBox.

　With Value and Rights Circulation control System as the core technology that manages rights and authority safely, securely and flexibly, this research aims to build a social information infrastructure dedicated for this digital convergence era. So far, elemental technology such as various VRICS-supported readers and related electronic lock system has already been commercialized. In an effort to take advantage of the digital broadcasting, we have obtained a digital terrestrial broadcasting licence for experiment to carry out empirical experiments in broadcasting and communications integration network environment.
Simultaneously, we have also developed the prototype of a broadcasting station for supplying useful information in various scenes. To improve the functionality and reliability of social information infrastructure, we are performing examination of a practical design and usefulness. Furthermore, using external funds, various experiments are being conducted at inside and outside Japan.

　This research on "R&D High-performance Technology for Biomarker Sensing" using microfabrication and surface modification technique was undertaken by As an achievement of this research, new cell chip (microsphere array) for three-dimensional culture of living cells has been commercialized by STEM Biomethod Co., a company established in Kitakyushu Science and Science Park under the Knowledge Cluster Initiative (stage 1).　

　This Fukuoka University-centered research group, who participated in the "R&D of System Integration Platforms for Semiconductor Assembling and Packaging", has developed test element group (TEG) wafers with low-k (low permittivity) insulating materials and reference substrate (RS) for mounting TEG chips in order to evaluate the assembling and packaging processes such as dicing, mounting, bonding and molding.
This technology is deployed to the characterization of chip damage due to the mechanical and thermal stresses during the assembling process.
This group also has developed the electronic design automation (EDA) tool for three dimensional System in a Package (SiP), and the tool is now commercially available as STEERSIP.

　Consist of mainly researchers from Kyushu Institute of Technology, this group works on "Synthesis of High-speed Pattern Matching Circuits and Their Applications".
To date, they have invented a new type of CAM (content-addressable memory) emulators using standard RAM.
Also, they developed exact matching, LPM (longest prefix match) matching, and regular expression matching systems.
The photo shows the system that quickly detects internet virus, composed of FPGA and SRAM.
The SRAM can stores more than 50 million virus patterns.

　Pharmacists are under pressure when carrying out an accurate check of prescriptions, the final preparation stage for dispensing medication, due to long-hours and apprehension about prescription errors. To reduce this psychological burden on pharmacists with regard to dispensing errors, a device has been commercialized to prevent such errors by checking the prescription information and the consistency of the type and amount of medicine that has been prescribed. This device is highly accurate and fast, and can rapidly recognize PTP tablets of medication using an ultra-high-density camera with a device that can be set up even on small surfaces. The device determines and displays the consistency of the medication with the prescription information. This function can also recognize consistencies in cases where a variety of PTP tablets are in one basket, which has been difficult to recognize to date, as well as single PTP tablet. The results of this study were used in the development of a venture company, Hybrid Recognition Technologies, Ltd., in July 2009.

　Prof.Satoshi Goto and his research group of Waseda University  undertook "R&D on Information & Communication Technology and its Applications”  collaborating with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and they have successfully developed a world-leading low power consumption chip that supports a full high definition (4096x2160) decoder LSI and fulfills standards of H264 and AVS.
 The new LSI chip can deal with motion picture of 4096x2160 at  high performance of  60 frames per second, and data transmission between DRAM and the decoder-engine has been reduced by 38% compared with the former chip.
 The power consumption 183mW at 4096x2160@60fps has been  achieved , that is, 55% to 64% lower than before. Besides, the power consumption in DRAM has been also reduced by 60%.
 By developing such a small-scaled and ultra-low power LSI circuit, we expect that a bigger market of new products  such as high-quality home videos etc will be created.