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Mentor Gifts $20M in EDA Tools to Vietnam University |
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Written by Philip Buonpastore
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - Mentor Graphics has signed an agreement with Applied Micro Circuits and the Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City to collaborate on educational courses for two new electronic design laboratories.
As part of the agreement, Mentor's Higher Education Program
(HEP) will donate over $20 million worth of EDA software to
enable students of VNU-HCM to graduate with knowledge of the latest
ASIC design and verification and PCB design and analysis.
“Our collaboration with Mentor Graphics and AMCC will help us expand
our academic programs and facilities to maximize students’ potential
and prepare them fully for the needs of a global economy in the 21st
century,” said Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Nghia, VP of Vietnam National
University.
The collaboration “has been an important factor for our decision to
install our new design center in Vietnam,” said Vu Nguyen, President of
AMCC Vietnam. “Vietnam attracted us with its commitment to building a
skilled and educated workforce from which companies like ours can
recruit and cultivate world-class engineers.”
Ian Burgess, development manager for Mentor’s HEP program said that
through the collaboration with AMCC and Vietnam National University,
“We are able to ensure that Vietnam produces graduates proficient in
these state-of-the-art methodologies ready to contribute to the growing
electronics market," said Ian Burgess, development manager for Mentor’s
Higher Education Program. |
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