Sondrel partners with the University of Nottingham to develop IC design talent in China
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- Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 09:24
System-to-silicon IC design consultancy aims to plug talent-gap
THEALE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2013--
Sondrel, one of the world's leading system-to-silicon IC design consultancies, has just announced a unique partnership with the University of Nottingham which will develop new IC design talent in China. The multi-million dollar programme will provide students based at the University of Nottingham's Ningbo China (UNNC) campus with three months' intensive training covering the latest IC design methodologies and practices.
Explained Sondrel's CEO, Graham Curren: "We run a global IC design services company. One of our business models is to provide experienced engineering teams close to where the customer is located. However, because we are growing so quickly and the demand from other companies is so great, we have been unable to find enough suitably-qualified personnel in China."
This challenging situation has led Sondrel to work with the University of Nottingham to develop a three-month programme open to third-year UNNC students and recent graduates with relevant qualifications and professional experience. The aim is to increase the availability of IC designers in the region, and the first intake of students will begin in June.
Students who successfully-complete the training will be offered a four-month internship at Sondrel. They will then be able to apply for a job at the company, which has offices in seven countries throughout Europe and the USA as well as Asia where it operates from Shanghai and Xi'an.
"We are convinced that this initiative will be beneficial to the students, our customers and of course, the participating companies and organisations", added Curren. "The IC business is global, and to be competitive, companies must have global resources yet understand local cultures and business practices. That is why we are so excited by this programme -- which is a first in our industry."
Professor Gethin Roberts, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, UNNC said: "As China's IC industry continues to develop rapidly, engineering students can feel confident in addressing the expanding need for designers knowledgeable in the most current design tools and methodologies."
About Sondrel
Established in 2002, Sondrel is one of the world's leading system-to-silicon IC consultancies with the largest and most experienced consulting team in Europe, and with wide ranging expertise across all aspects of the design flow and all industry-standard EDA tool suits. The company's capabilities cover the entire IC design spectrum from RTL design, though verification, emulation and DFT to physical implementation, and include power analysis and yield management. Sondrel is experienced in highly-complex digital, mixed signal, analogue, low power and wireless designs having completed over 200 designs at a range of process geometries down to 20nm, all of which were delivered right first time. With offices in the UK, USA, France, Italy, Israel, Sweden, Finland and China, Sondrel provides flexible services and methodology consulting to many of the world's leading semiconductor companies, enabling them to improve chip performance and reduce timescales and costs.
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