Post a CommentMentor, AMCC to develop electronic design curriculum for Vietnam university
Under its higher education program, Mentor will donate more than $20 million worth of EDA software and support to help students of Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City graduate with in-depth knowledge of the latest ASIC design and verification and PCB design and analysis.
By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor -- Electronic News, 3/21/2008
It was a good week for the semiconductor industry coming out to support academia with Intel and Microsoft leading the way. Mentor Graphics Corp also announced this week it will work with Applied Micro Circuits Corp (AMCC) to develop educational courses for two new electronic design laboratories and Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM).
Under its higher education program, Mentor said it will donate more than $20 million worth of electronic design automation (EDA) software and support to help students of VNU-HCM graduate with in-depth knowledge of the latest ASIC design and verification and PCB design and analysis.
Dr. Nguyen Duc Nghia, VP of VNU-HCM commented in a statement, “Our collaboration with Mentor Graphics and AMCC will help us expand our academic programs and facilities to maximize students’ potential and prepare them fully for the needs of a global economy in the 21st century.”
“With the donation of state-of-the-art hardware and software from these two companies, along with support and training, VNU-HCM will develop leading-edge courses that will help prepare our graduates contribute academically and practically to the development of Vietnam and the electronics industry in the region,” he continued.
Vu Nguyen, president of AMCC Vietnam and VP of engineering for AMCC noted, “Vietnam attracted us with its commitment to building a skilled and educated workforce from which companies like ours can recruit and cultivate world-class engineers. Having new engineers exposed to our technology, products, know-how, as well as having a close relationship with Universities, strengthens our integration and involvement into Vietnam’s growth.”
Further, investment in the electronics industries of emerging regions depends on the abundance of highly talented engineers skilled in the latest and most relevant electronic design methodologies, said Ian Burgess, development manager for Mentor’s Higher Education Program.
"Through this collaboration with AMCC, one of our major customers, and Vietnam National University, one of the leading educational institutions in the region, we are able to ensure that Vietnam produces graduates proficient in these state-of-the-art methodologies ready to contribute to the growing electronics market,” Burgess added.
Mentor said its higher education program, which was established in 1985, provides leading-edge design tools and support to universities and colleges for classroom instruction and academic research to ensure that engineering graduates enter into the industry proficient in state-of-the-art tools and methodologies, and currently has more than 1,100 member colleges in 49 countries.
