System-on-a-Chip Technology to Universities.

Circuits Multi-Projects (CMP, Grenoble, France; Tel: +33 476574615, Fax: +33 476473814) and ARM, Inc. (Cambridge, England; Tel +44 1223 400400) announced an agreement which enables CMP to provide academic institutions with a complete solution for developing ARM core-based system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices. This program, which is being driven by the industry's growing demand for SoC expertise, will provide universities worldwide with access to ARM core-based silicon and development tools, enabling engineering students to gain the skills and experience necessary to develop sophisticated integrated circuits and systems.

CMP is a technology broker, providing academic institutions with the products and support necessary to equip a university training program or research and development facility. Through this program, the company will provide design simulation models, the ARM Developer Suite (ADS), a range of ARM Evaluation Boards (AEBs), and the Multi-ICE debug unit. CMP will also provide sample silicon from key ARM Silicon Partners.

"As deep submicron processes rapidly lead to system-on-a-chip solutions, microelectronics engineers are rapidly becoming system developers, mastering hardware-software implementation for novel silicon architecture," says B. Courtois, director of CMP. "With this agreement with ...