India to Enable 85,000 Students Design Semiconductor Chips in 5 Years
The government announced it is fostering a supportive environment for the semiconductor design community by giving thousands of students direct access to national chip design infrastructure, aiming to help them design semiconductor chips within five years. The ChipIN Centre, one of the largest facilities set up at C-DAC, provides a comprehensive range of semiconductor design workflows and solutions, to bring national chip design resources directly to the semiconductor design community.
It is a centralized facility that hosts the most advanced tools for the entire chip design cycle (going up to 5 nm or advanced node).
According to the IT Ministry, currently engaged with more than 20,000 students at over 250 academic institutions and entrepreneurs at 45 startup projects, ChipIN Centre aims to provide access to state-of-the-art EDA (electronic design automation) tools to 85,000 students at B.Tech, M.Tech and PhD level to design semiconductor chips within five years.
German multinational Siemens has expanded the reach of its EDA tools under the Chips to Start-up (C2S) Programme, increasing access from 120 to over 250 colleges. Additionally, Siemens is providing its latest powerful Veloce hardware-assisted verification solution to companies approved under the Design-Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme.
“We were receiving the huge demand from students, researchers, faculty members, and entrepreneurs across the country in respect of further enhancing and extending the EDA and design solutions from Siemens to more organizations”, said Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator (R&D in Electronics and IT), IT Ministry.
The enhanced support from Siemens at the ChipIN Centre will play a crucial role in fulfilling the vision of turning India into a semiconductor powerhouse, she added.
Veloce from Siemens comprising the following main components – Veloce Strato hardware & OS, Veloce Apps and Veloce Protocol Solutions, has a compute facility of 128 CPU cores and a capacity of 640 million gates.
“India today presents a significant opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs and researchers to be at the forefront of designing and redefining the semiconductor systems, devices, and products of the future”, said Ruchir Dixit, Vice President and Country Manager, EDA, Siemens Digital Industries Software
Siemens is excited to enhance its involvement in the ‘Chips to Start-up (C2S) Programme’ by extending access to its cutting-edge EDA technology solutions to 250 educational institutions across India, the company stated.
