NSF Integrated Circuits Research, Education, and Workforce Development Workshop

NSF 集成电路研究、教育和劳动力发展研讨会

• 批准号: 2137629
• 负责人: Matthew Guthaus
• 金额: $ 9.44万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2137629&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Integrated; Circuits; Research; Education

US academic integrated circuit (IC) design education and research are facing challenges in many dimensions including access to process models and fabrication, cost of fabrication, the complexity of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) flows, declining enrollments, and the loss of instructional project support from MOSIS. At the same time, foreign competitors, especially China, are investing heavily in IC fabrication, design, and education, leading to increased competition and national security risks. This proposal is for a workshop that aims to gather needs from academics, and insights from industry hiring managers as well as IC fabrication and EDA tool companies to develop a vision for the future. The proposed workshop will consist of an initial virtual workshop for information gathering followed by an in-person workshop to create a detailed plan.The outcome of this workshop will hope to provide future guidance on the shortage of IC design engineers in the US and training a future workforce. In particular, the workshop will examine industry and academic needs to find the appropriate pathway for the revitalization of IC research and education in the US.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

美国学术集成电路（IC）设计教育和研究正面临着许多方面的挑战，包括获取工艺模型和制造、制造成本、计算机辅助设计（CAD）流程的复杂性、入学率下降以及MOSIS教学项目支持的丧失。与此同时，外国竞争对手，特别是中国，正在大力投资集成电路制造、设计和教育，导致竞争加剧和国家安全风险。该提案是为研讨会而提出的，旨在收集学术界的需求，以及来自行业招聘经理以及IC制造和EDA工具公司的见解，以制定未来的愿景。拟议的讲习班将包括一个初步的虚拟讲习班，用于收集资料，然后是一个面对面的讲习班，以制定详细的计划。本次研讨会的成果将有望为美国IC设计工程师的短缺和培训未来的劳动力提供未来的指导。特别地，研讨会将探讨工业界和学术界的需求，以找到振兴美国集成电路研究和教育的适当途径。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。