LSI design contest in OKINAWA —How to boost semiconductor industry in Asia—

Author

Ochi, Hiroshi ; Wada, Kazuhisa

Author_Institution

Kyushu Inst. of Technol., Kitakyushu, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

7-9 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

574

Lastpage

578

Abstract

This correspondence introduces a student LSI design contest http://www.LSI-contest.com/ which is annually held at Okinawa in March. Year 2009 contest was 12th anniversary. Applicants are not only from Japan but also from all over Asian countries. The main purpose of this contest is to develop LSI design skills for college students. This correspondence introduces LSI design contest from various aspects such as background, history, finance, attendees, design topics and incidental forum. From these facts, we try to find the way how to promise boosting semiconductor industry and business in Japan as well as in Asian countries in future.

Keywords

integrated circuit design; large scale integration; Asian college student LSI design contest; LSI design skills; Okinawa Japan; semiconductor industry; Boosting; Economic indicators; Educational institutions; Electronics industry; History; Large scale integration; Local government; Manufacturing industries; Signal design; Unemployment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems, 2009. ISPACS 2009. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kanazawa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5015-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5016-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPACS.2009.5383773

Filename

5383773