TI ties-up with IISc for research

BANGALORE: Signal processing technology provider Texas Instruments (TI) today announced the inclusion of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as one of the top four Leadership Universities in the world.

As a Leadership University, IISc will receive a seed funding of $400,000 over five years, which is an extension of existing funding already received by IISc, said Rich K Templeton, TI president and CEO, at a media briefing here.

Templeton stressed that the intent of the program was not staff augmentation for the company but about doing research and generating innovative ideas.

“We believe that success comes from innovation, and innovation comes from working with universities,” Templeton said.

The funding will be used to support research programs for industry specific applications, as well as curriculum development in DSP, analog and mixed signal systems, he added.

The company has tied up with other universities like Rice University, Georgia Tech and MIT. TI and IISc have been working jointly on projects for the last ten years.

Prof Jamadagni HS, head of the Center for Electronics Design and Technology (CEDT), IISc, said that the research would involve open-ended research projects on DSP, high performance analog and specific applications, specific problems on a case-to-case basis and Silicon technologies.

Some of the IP generated from the joint research, would be in the public domain while others would be transferred to TI under a contract.

On the semiconductor policy in India, Templeton said, “We are excited about anything that opens up markets and brings in investments. It is a sign of India growing from a technology perspective.” On the possibility of TI venturing into manufacturing in India, he said that if the company sees leading edge foundries come up in the country, they would use it. He stressed that India was more of an R&D and product development hub that brings in more value to the company.

Templeton said that TI is expanding its customer support network in India to cater to the growing sales and emergence of local application players.

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