Preliminary round of the 2nd Smart City Microchip Design Competition

The competition was launched on December 18, 2024, chaired by the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park, in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City, the National University of Ho Chi Minh City, the National Innovation Center (NIC) and the Da Nang Center for Research and Training in Microchip Design and Artificial Intelligence (DSAC).

The teams presented their ideas and projects to the panel of judges.

With the theme “Dual transformation for sustainable green city development”, this year, the competition attracted 68 entries from all over the country, including 44 teams from the South, 7 teams from the North, and 17 teams from the Central region. The teams came from leading technology universities such as: University of Information Technology, University of Science, University of Posts and Telecommunications, VinUni University, etc.

According to the organizing committee representative, this is the first time that the field of microchip design has been included in a national competition, receiving strong response from students, teenagers and leading technology universities.

In the preliminary round of ideas on the morning of March 23, 68 teams from all over the country competed and presented their projects to the jury (including: Ideas, content, implementation methods, implementation techniques and Technology). The best projects will be selected for the incubation round to complete the product, which can be applied to smart cities, commercialization, and expanding cooperation opportunities between researchers, businesses and high-tech organizations.

Associate Professor, Dr. Le Quoc Cuong speaks at the preliminary round

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Quoc Cuong, Deputy Head of the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park, said that the Management Board has identified training human resources in the semiconductor industry as one of the key activities, aiming to develop the semiconductor industry at SHTP. This is also the foundation of pioneering technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, big data and is the key to promoting digital transformation, green transformation, knowledge economy, etc.

"Outstanding projects from the competition will be trained in depth, incubated, connected with businesses and researched by SHTP for widespread implementation. The ultimate goal is to form microchip design businesses right in the High-Tech Park, contributing to the sustainable development of the semiconductor microchip industry in Vietnam. This is a roadmap that we really want to implement, creating the effectiveness of microchip industry development associated with the effectiveness of the linkage of 3 parties (state, school and business)", Associate Professor, Dr. Le Quoc Cuong shared.

Through the competition, the Organizing Committee hopes to find outstanding ideas that can be applied in practice and commercialized, contributing to the sustainable development of the Vietnamese microchip industry. At the same time, it aims to realize the goal of mastering technology, training high-quality human resources, and incubating “Make in Vietnam” microchip products.

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