The integrated circuit design competition, launched on November 25th, aims to cultivate human resources and discover and nurture ideas into "made in Vietnam" chip products.
The launch ceremony was held within the framework of the National Innovation Festival (Techfest) organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology in coordination with the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City. The competition is open for online registration at icdesign.hochiminhcity.gov.vn until December 15th, with a total prize value of 70 million VND.
Selected projects will compete in preliminary rounds, training rounds, and a final round held in June 2024. The top 3 projects will receive incubation support to develop into startups, and the top 5 projects will participate in a free training course at SHTP. In addition, project teams have the opportunity to be recruited by microchip companies during the competition. SunEdu Group, specializing in microchip training, and Cadence, specializing in providing chip design solutions, are participating as partners.
Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park Management Board, Le Quoc Cuong, announces the first integrated circuit design competition. Photo: Ha An
Mr. Le Quoc Cuong, Deputy Head of the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park (SHTP), said that SHTP, in coordination with partners and businesses, launched the first integrated circuit design competition to develop high-quality human resources and meet the training needs of semiconductor integrated circuit engineers.
The competition will be held annually, focusing on university students nationwide who are passionate and talented in the field of microchips. The competition aims to train skills in a design environment, fostering creative ideas from students with products serving the development of smart cities. "After the first competition, we will expand it to include engineers working in the business sector, helping to ignite passion and encourage young people to master technology," Mr. Cuong said, expressing his hope that the competition will continue to spread nationally, helping to elevate the position of the microchip industry in the country.
Dr. Nguyen Minh Son, Head of the Computer Engineering Department at the University of Information Technology (Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City), representing the expert panel, stated that the field of integrated circuit design for smart city applications focuses on five product groups of chips for areas such as IoT, communications, data, electric vehicles, and artificial intelligence. Through the competition, he hopes that authors will propose ideas, solutions, and products for application in these fields.
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