SHTP chip design centre inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City

The Chip Design Lab, the first important infrastructure of the SCDC, has been designed to deploy co-operation contents of both the SCDC and Synopsys, one of the world’s leading providers of electronic design automation solutions and services.

The lab will provide Synopsys’ design software programmes to various schools and institutes through a virtual private network (VPN) and organise Training of Trainers (ToT) Courses on integrated circuit (IC) design specifically for use by lecturers and advanced training courses on IC design.

Nguyen Anh Thi, president of SHTP, said that the Chip Design Lab has been built to demonstrate the commitment of the Hi-Tech Park by making full use of opportunities from Vietnam’s engagement in the global value chain of the semiconductor industry.

SHTP will continue to strive to improve the infrastructure of the SCDC to make it a flagship centre in Vietnam’s future semiconductor industry, said Thi.

Earlier SHTP and Synopsys signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on August 26 to cultivate the integrated circuit (IC) design talent in Vietnam.

Through Synopsys Academic & Research Alliances (SARA), Synopsys will provide its University Software Programme, a scheme which includes curriculum, educational resources, and the ‘Train the Trainers’ programme to the SHTP in order to set up its chip design centre.

This centre will connect with chip manufacturing companies to deploy Multi Project Wafer services to support research groups and start-ups. This will be along with providing technical infrastructure to support IC packaging and testing, as well as implementing co-operation programmes to mobilise international resources for the development of the domestic semiconductor industry.