The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), Research Triangle Park, N.C.; and the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), Abu Dhabi, have launched the ATIC-SRC Center of Excellence for Energy Efficient Electronic Systems (ACE4S). ATIC will dedicate over $4.7 million to the project over the next three years, which will be matched collectively by Masdar Institute and Khalifa University for a total budget of more than $9 million. This funding will drive innovation in next-generation electronic systems ranging in applications from smart phones and medical devices to the Internet of Things.
The center is to be hosted jointly in Abu Dhabi by Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research; and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.
“Over the past 30 years, SRC has successfully helped establish numerous university research centers and distributed more than $2 billion dollars in research funds in the United States; ACE4S role as our first international center reflects significantly on the quality of research we pursue,” said SRC President Larry Sumney.
“The ACE4S Center has been established with valuable industry guidance from companies such as Global Foundries, AMD, Applied Materials, Freescale, IBM, Intel, Mentor Graphics, Texas Instruments, and Tokyo Electron. The center will build on SRC-sponsored university research supporting 15 individual researchers in the UAE. Top semiconductor industry experts will oversee and serve as liaisons for each research task, and SRC will productively guide the overall research while also promoting strong student engagement-enabling us to identify areas of greatest need and foster the move of innovations from lab to market.”
