NY CREATES
NY CREATES
Aug 29, 2024
Collaboration to Advance Semiconductor-Centered Workforce Development Throughout New York State
Albany, N.Y. – NY CREATES, a globally recognized non-profit semiconductor-focused
R&D center, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with NYDesign, Inc.
(“NYDesign”), further enabling both organizations to support public-private and academic
partnerships that will provide the skills and tools necessary for creators to design,
fabricate and verify their own integrated circuits (IC), or computer chips.
This collaboration continues to build on the New York Center for Research, Economic
Advancement, Technology, Engineering, and Science’s (NY CREATES’) focus on
enabling the 21st century semiconductor workforce, which is critical for the long-term
success of the industry. Workforce development is instrumental in achieving the goals of
current and future investments that are making a robust domestic chip supply possible
under the U.S. CHIPS & Science Act, with strategic skills training necessary to help
support future National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) efforts.
“NY CREATES is excited to partner with NYDesign as we harness the powerful synergies
between design and fabrication to support unparalleled innovation for the semiconductor
industry," said Dave Anderson, President of NY CREATES. “Our shared vision to
empower the next generation of designers and engineers, fostering an environment of
creativity and advancing workforce development, will ensure that New York and the U.S.
remain at the forefront of the global semiconductor landscape.”
“This collaboration with NY CREATES comes at a time when the world is faced with
increasing demand for semiconductors, and at a time when New York is showing
leadership in IC manufacturing,” said Mark Reynolds, Chair of NYDesign. “The goal of
NYDesign has been to bolster academic partnerships to broaden access to IC design
curricula for students at high school, community college, and university settings as well
as corporate partners interested in custom design. This engagement, which acts to grow
the design talent pool, will only add to the growth of IC design centers and related
manufacturing across New York State.”
Under this new partnership, NY CREATES will provide strategic guidance and support to
NYDesign in its mission to establish design and enablement centers across New York
State, representing a notable step forward in addressing talent pipeline challenges faced
by the semiconductor industry. The partnership reinforces New York’s collaborative
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leadership to produce a more skilled workforce by offering integrated circuit (IC) design
training, streamlining the design process, and creating seamless access to program tools
and intellectual property. Together, these efforts will play a crucial role in bolstering
workforce development initiatives throughout New York State and the semiconductor
industry.
About NY CREATES
NY CREATES serves as a lab-to-fab bridge for advanced electronics, fostering public-
private and industry-academic partnerships for technology development and innovation.
NY CREATES attracts and leads industry-connected innovation and commercialization
projects that secure significant investment, advance R&D in emerging technologies, and
generate the jobs of tomorrow. NY CREATES runs some of the most advanced facilities
in the world, boasts more than 2,700 industry experts and faculty, and manages public
and private investments of more than $20 billion—placing it at the global epicenter of
high-tech innovation and commercialization. Learn more at www.ny-creates.org.
About NYDesign
NYDesign is a not-for-profit organization focused on growing New York's capacity for
innovation and disruption in the semiconductor industry. NYDesign seeks to democratize
access across New York to the skills and tools necessary for creators to design, fabricate
and verify their own IC. In service of that mission, the organization serves as a resource
to support public-private and academic partnerships geared toward industry-connected
innovation and commercialization projects that attract investment and create growth in
high-technology jobs.
Read the full article here: https://ny-creates.org/ny-creates-and-nydesign-inc-announce-strategic-partnership-to-bolster-ic-design-training/