Cadence Design Systems has named three universities as part of its collaboration with academic institutions in Europe.
This brings the number European universities involved in the programme, which includes a design forum for networking, to seven.
The new universities are the CETTI/TU Bucharest, which will focus on PCB design; the KTH Stockholm, which will concentrate on wireless radio design; and the TU Braunschweig, with the focus on digital low power design methodology.
Existing participants are the TU Ilmenau/IMMS (radio frequency), the University of Freiburg (analogue/mixed signal), the University of Bristol (advanced verification methodology), and the University of Heidelberg (advanced SoC verification).
“One of the benefits of network is that our teaching is supported by the latest electronic design and verification tools and methodologies,” said Dr. Kerstin Eder, University of Bristol.
“This gives our students a competitive edge in the job market, and last year many of the students were recruited by the local microelectronics design industry,” said Eder.