Cadence throws an EDA challenge at Engg students

BANGALORE: Cadence Design Systems has announced the launch of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) contest aimed at fostering the spirit of inventiveness and realization of ideas among engineering students in Indian and the SAARC region.

Undergraduate and graduate students (B.Tech and M.Tech) students from institutions that use predominantly Cadence EDA technologies are invited to participate, said the company.

The Cadence sponsored design contest provides young designers an opportunity to showcase their best "Analog Mixed Signal/Digital Design Projects." The students design talent will be judged by a panel of eminent experts from industry.

The contest also provides engineering students with a platform to compete with the 'best' among their peers.

The contest was formally launched in Bangalore at CDNLive! - Cadence's global series of technical conferences for EDA customers.

Speaking at the launch, Himanshu Singh, executive director for India and SAARC, Cadence, said, " We have recognized India as home to a larege pool of versatile and innovative engineering design talent. This contest is an opportunity for Cadence to nurture this talent.

This will also offer the students to get a chance to be creative and possibly produce what may become 'tomorrow's design' today, he said.

The contest is open to project teams with up to five students and may have a faculty as project guide. Another eligibility criterion for this innovative venture is that the project must be completed based on Cadence technologies.

The winners of this contest will get a chance to present their work at the nest year's CDNLive! and win a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 per student subject to maximum of Rs.1.5 lakhs and the faculty guide will get Rs. 50,000.

According to Cadence, the project will be judged on five parameters, viz., inventiveness, complexity and feasibility of the project, breadth of design aspects, efficient tool usage, and project presentation and demo.