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Date: 15th Feb 07
ST Microelectronics to set up VLSI lab
in IIT Delhi and BITS Pilani
In an initiative to close the gap between
academic institutes and companies, France based ST Microelectronics
will be setting up a research lab at Indian Institute of Technology,
New Delhi and Birla Institute of Technological Sciences, Pilani.
The lab will provide facilities for electronics students to
carry out their research on VLSI and Embedded Systems. The
specific areas of research targeted are analog and mixed-signal
design in the area of VLSI, image and speech pattern recognition,
sensory organ modeling and digital data protection in algorithm
research, along with generic IP (Intellectual Property) blocks
for embedded solutions. ST will load the lab tables with reference
boards, kits, and software to run and test them. Students
are given projects under the guidance of both faculty and
ST representatives. The lab will be fully operational from
2nd quarter of 2007 at both the institutes
In India, most of the engineering colleges
students have tough time to find right place to learn practical
aspects of VLSI and embedded systems. More initiatives like
this will surely help proliferating hardware design knowledge/skills
in India. In fact it's not only the students, but also the
faculty, which need some updated knowledge on latest tools
and systems.
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