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IDESA is a European Union Framework 7 project which aims to train academic
staff from European academia in the key area of microelectronics design
using small geometry integrated circuit processes so that they may train
degree level students more effectively. This training is disseminated
through the running of a series of seminars and practical sessions run at
regular intervals throughout Europe as well as through the use of state of
the art multimedia technology over the web or on DVD. The material covered
in these sessions is free of intellectual property rights and is made
available to academia for reuse in the course portfolios of bachelor and
master engineering curricula. Currently IDESA runs four courses:
- Advanced analogue implementation flow
- Advanced RF implementation flow
- Physical implementation flow
- Design for manufacturing
The aim of each of these courses is to address advanced implementation
issues relating to the 90 nm technology node and to give academia the
skills they require to start engaging in design efforts related to the 65
nm and 45 nm technology nodes. Furthermore, these courses have been
designed to use the same tools as those which are supplied to academia by
the Europractice Software Service. This is to allow for the attendees to
replicate the courses and pass on the skills that they have gained from
these sessions at their individual institutes.
This training action is complementary to the design tools and design
libraries which are available through the EUROPRACTICE
service. For further information about the IDESA project please refer to
the IDESA
website.
IDESA project partners:
- IMEC, Belgium
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands
- Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- Commisariat à l'Energie Atomique, France
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
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