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Cadence partners with Brazilian government
The company liaised with the South American government to open an IC design training centre to bolster the semiconductor industry in Brazil. Further three centres are planned.
Cadence Design Systems opened a new integrated circuit (IC) design training centre in partnership with the government of Brazil. The IC Brazil Training Centre, located in Porto Alegre, home to much of Brazil's high tech industry, is the first such high tech training centre in the country, and the first of four planned between Cadence and the Brazilian government.
Opening a training centre underscores Cadence's commitment to support and facilitate the development of Brazil's semiconductor industry. With the new centre in place, Cadence expects to provide commercial IC design training to more than 1,500 local IC design engineers over the next three years to increase Brazil's electronic design automation (EDA) capabilities and serve a growing IC infrastructure in the country. Cadence is developing the curriculum, providing the initial training and training the trainers to make the programme self supporting. Brazil, in turn, is providing scholarships to qualified university graduates to receive the training and prepare themselves for high-technology careers.
"We selected Cadence to develop and implement their training program to provide design engineers that are needed for Brazil's growing semiconductor industry," said Dr. Sergio Machado Rezende, Brazil's minister of science and technology. "Cadence design capabilities provide end to end solutions for customers, and their training ensures that the graduates will be able to serve customers in Brazil as well as the multinational companies that we expect will expand their operations into Brazil."
"Opening a design centre in Brazil is a reflection of the Cadence approach to emerging markets," said Mike Fister, president and CEO, Cadence. "We have been at the forefront of emerging markets in India, China and Russia, and our ability to implement training programs and help build infrastructure has been tested around the world. We see opportunities in Brazil's growing local consumer market and want to support Brazil's drive to develop a robust IC industry in their country."
