Tampere University offers new Chip Implementation course to support next generation of professionals
Tampere University has launched a new course on Chip Implementation, designed to support the next generation of System-on-Chip professionals.
The first round of the course has already attracted around 40 students, most of them close to graduation, preparing them for careers in the microelectronics industry.
Offered as part of the European Edu4Chip project, the course complements a previous course that allows students to design their own subsystems into a larger system-on-chip. In the new course, students place their own designs onto silicon, ready for fabrication.
“All the course materials have been developed from scratch with the goal of inspiring students to pursue this challenging yet rewarding career, making chip design education engaging, and lowering the entry barrier for new students,” explains Mohsin Abbas, the responsible teacher of the course and tenure-track professor at Tampere University.
Students that complete the course will be capable of performing a tape-out for a simple chip and understand the technical and practical challenges in ASIC backend design.
“One of the learning objectives is to understand the challenges in the ASIC backend flow and figure out how to solve them. Students gain this knowledge through hands-on exercises, working on an existing project that presents a relevant problem to solve,” adds Arto Oinonen, University Instructor at Tampere University.
“Backend skills are in high demand in the industry. Later, we will also offer this course through open university, enabling experts from companies to participate and expand their knowledge,” Abbas adds.
