LPU, CADENCE SET UP REGION’S FIRST VLSI LAB
Jalandhar, July 13, 2009
Hindustan Times (Chandigarh edition)
Lovely Professional University (LPU) and US software major Cadence have collaborated to set up the region’s first very large scale integration (VLSI) laboratory here to provide industry-grade electronics design and automation (EDA) tools in chip designing for budding engineers
LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal said that the lab, set up at a cost of Rs 16 lakh, would help create integrated circuits by combining thousands of transistor-based circuits into a single chip
“The university has decided to introduce VLSI as subject in the second and third year of electronics and communication engineering, computer science and engineering and information technology disciplines from the coming academic session
We aim to train nearly 1,000 students and faculty members per year at the newly set-up lab,” Mittal said
He said the lab would pro- vide low-cost solutions for technical problems of the region’s industry
“The academia-industry link- age will help budding engineers here concentrate on industry specific problems for low cost solutions, giving much-needed impetus to research and development,” he said, adding no institution barring a few IITs and a handful of institutes of higher learning across India possessed such a lab
The US software major would provide regular technical upgrades to assist students undertake their projects
“This will ensure career success in the sunrise field of graphic design and also help bridge the gap between academic curriculum and industry readiness,” Mittal added
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