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News Release from: Magma Design Automation
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 November 2005
Academic programme leads to CDMA chip
success
Magma Design Automation India has been helping Anna University as part of its initiative to increase the number of professionals exposed to state of the art IC implementation tools.
Magma Design Automation India has successfully partnered Anna University, one of India's leading educational institutions, as part of its initiative to increase the number of professionals exposed to state of the art IC implementation tools The partnership has since yielded spectacular results with students in the ECE Department of the College of Engineering led by Dr PV Ramakrishna having successfully taped out a general-purpose CDMA receiver IC
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Commenting on the partnership, Dr Anand Anandkumar, Managing Director, Magma Design Automation India said: "With semiconductor industry entering an exciting new growth phase in India, our talent generation initiative not only becomes imperative but crucial as well".
"The successful completion of the chip in such a short period is testament to both the quality of the talent available in Indian universities as well the phenomenal turnaround-time achievable by using Magma tools".
"Training our Engineers on the most advanced EDA tools will go a long way in bridging the talent gap currently witnessed in the India Semiconductor scene".
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"Personally for me, this partnership is extra special given that I am an alumnus of this esteemed institution".
Commented Prof N Gunasekaran, Head of the ECE Department CEG Campus", We would like to thank Magma Design Automation for not only providing us the tools but actively supporting us and training our students in the usage of its tools".
"The success in such a short timeframe has greatly enthused us and we plan to expand our VLSI course offerings using Magma as the IC implementation vehicle".
Magma's IC Excellence initiative aims at training current designers on cutting-edge technology to meet the high productivity demands of the current market.
It enables them to focus on product innovation by automating the implementation and embedding latest technology in the engineering curriculum to imbibe IC design strength, thus bridging the academia-industry gap.
Under the programme, Magma India closely works with VLSI heads of top-tier engineering institutions providing training material, applications engineering support besides donating licences.
The initiative encompasses: donation of Magma's IC design software to leading engineering Institutions in India, launch of a IC physical design PG diploma course with leading VLSI training institutions in India, collaborating with leading corporations in the segment, and working with the Government of Karnataka and the Department of IT, Government of India to achieve these shared objectives.
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