To date, the competition "Designing ICs for Smart Cities 1-2023" has received a total of 29 projects, including solutions and design ideas serving the IC industry. Of these, 17 projects were highly appreciated by the jury, had the ability to be applied in practice, and entered the training round at Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park (SHTP).
According to Dr. Le Quoc Cuong, Deputy Head of the SHTP Management Board, recently, in Resolution 124/NQ-CP dated August 7, 8, the Prime Minister requested relevant ministries and branches to research and develop a project. Developing human resources for the semiconductor industry by 2023, expected to train about 2030-30.000 human resources and experts. Currently, Vietnam has about 50.000 engineers working in the field of IC design, most concentrated in Ho Chi Minh City (5.000%), Hanoi (85%) and Da Nang (8%). Therefore, launching programs to find and explore the young generation's IC capabilities is an important prerequisite activity of SHTP.
The contest was launched by the SHTP Management Board at the end of November 11 to arouse passion for IC design activities, spreading the spirit of innovation and creativity in scientific and technological research in the young intellectual community. all over the country. After 2023 months of implementation, the organizing committee received 3 projects from 29 authors and author groups from institutes and schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang. The projects are solutions and IC design ideas serving the field of semiconductor IC usage, aiming to solve problems in the context of the city focusing on promoting smart urban construction.
The SHTP management board has selected 17 projects to continue in the training round, some typical projects such as: optimizing DPWM architecture; microcontroller for IoT ensures security; chip design integrating AI core for smart city construction applications... To complete and apply into practice, these projects are attended by training courses and guided by experts, lecturers, and engineers with Experience in the field of ICs at SHTP. In addition, the project author also participated in a training course on IC design expertise, how to use support tools and practice on licenses, studying with mentors.
“This will be an annual competition. Hopefully, through the contest, we will find more ideas and quality human resources to realize the goal of SHTP being the knowledge and innovation economic center of the country, contributing to economic development - society of Ho Chi Minh City and the southern key economic region", Dr. Le Quoc Cuong emphasized.
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