MIET and Synopsys enable large-scale use of Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer Solution in an educational environment
National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) and Synopsys, Inc., a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced new courses that will train analog/mixed signal engineers to use Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer®, a unified solution for cell-based and custom designs. With these additional courses, Synopsys-MIET master program students enhance their knowledge and skills to become highly qualified specialists ready to address the growing demand for custom chip design in Russia.
“The semiconductor industry grows fast and cooperation with #1 EDA company makes possible to provide our joint program students with state-of-the-art educational environment with fully licensed version of Synopsys' comprehensive, industry-leading electronic design automation (EDA) University Tools Package including Galaxy Custom Designer Solution and up-to-date customized curricula," said Yuri Chaplygin. “To date, 129 students and 4 PhDs have been graduated from Synopsys-MIET joint program and now work at leading semiconductor companies, contributing to Russia’s growing high-tech industry.”
“Russian employers are grateful to MIET and Synopsys for the preparation of highly skilled professionals …,” said Gennadiy Krasnikov, head of group of companies Mikron, general director of JSC Mikron, general director of JSC Molecular Electronics Research Institute.”
“MIET's cooperation with Synopsys reaffirms the university’s role as Russia’s premier institution for technical education. Synopsys invests in this educational program because of the importance of preparing the next generation of engineers in Russia for careers in Analog and Custom design,” said Gregor Wiethaler, area sales director for Synopsys. “Russia's high-tech industry shows great potential and Synopsys looks forward to seeing the contributions these graduates can make to the country’s microelectronics design industry.”
The four new analog/mixed signal courses will augment the existing Synopsys-MIET two-year master program. Each student in the program will now have access to a fully licensed version of Synopsys' comprehensive, industry-leading electronic design automation (EDA) University Tools Package that includes Galaxy Custom Designer. The curriculum, developed by Synopsys Armenia Educational Department as part of the Synopsys Worldwide University Program, is comprised of 10 courses and over 60 labs and course projects. To keep the program up to date, Synopsys and MIET regularly evaluate and adjust the curriculum and technologies to ensure they adequately address current industry needs and requirements.
Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer is the industry’s first modern-era mixed-signal implementation solution. Architected to increase productivity, Galaxy Custom Designer leverages Synopsys' Galaxy™ Design Platform to provide a unified solution for custom and digital designs, thereby enhancing designer efficiency. Galaxy Custom Designer delivers a familiar user interface while integrating a common use model for simulation, analysis, parasitic extraction and physical verification. It is the implementation solution built natively on the OpenAccess database for legacy designs as well as a new componentized infrastructure offering unprecedented openness and compatibility with interoperable process design kits (iPDKs). In addition to facilitating innovation with the open architecture, Galaxy Custom Designer dramatically enhances productivity by seamlessly bridging the gap between the historically disparate worlds of digital and custom design. Galaxy Custom Designer enables complete data transparency with Synopsys' IC Compiler and IC Compiler II physical implementation solutions, allowing the exchange of vital information during floor planning, placement, routing and final chip editing to reduce time-consuming design iterations.
To enable state-of-the-art IC design in an educational environment without violating IP restrictions, Synopsys provides students with educational resources such as educational design kits (EDKs) and iPDKs for 90-nanometer (nm) and 32/28-nm technologies.
The iPDKs are specifically intended for use with Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer in an educational environment.
Building on the program’s achievements Synopsys and MIET are extending their joint educational masters program at MIET for another two years. The original agreement was signed in 2006 with a focus on training highly qualified specialists in the field of IC Design at the Synopsys-MIET Educational Center. Cooperation has expanded to other domains such as participation of Synopsys-MIET program students in the Annual International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia, MB-JASS. To stimulate Russian students' interest in microelectronics, the program students launched a new initiative in June of this year to provide lectures to Zelenograd’s school students. Synopsys-MIET program volunteers worked together with the Summer School of MIET “Computer Learning Center,” the leading training center of Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug, to present school students a series of lectures about IC manufacturing and design.
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