KAIST Secures Advanced SoC Semiconductor Design Verification Platform

US Cadence Donates $8 Billion 'Palladium Z1' Equipment
President Lee Kwang-hyung: "We Will Lead the Training of 1 Million AI Talents"

"We are grateful for Cadence's generous donation, and KAIST will take the lead in achieving the ambitious goal of nurturing one million AI talents in Korea and realizing semiconductor research that will innovate the world" (KAIST President Kwang Hyung Lee)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST, President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on the 17th that Cadence Korea, a U.S. semiconductor design tool (EDA) company, will donate the essential verification equipment for semiconductor design, the 'Cadence Palladium Z1.'

The Palladium Z1 is specialized for design verification aimed at the development of SoC (System On Chip), which is the direction of the latest semiconductors. According to Cadence, AMD's 3rd generation EPYC server processor for HPC was also developed using this equipment.

Core chips that have recently become mainstream are produced in the form of SoCs that integrate various functions such as CPU, GPU, NPU, memory, and controllers into a single chip. Apple and Qualcomm lead the semiconductor industry through SoCs. Samsung Electronics' Exynos chip is also in the SoC form.

The donation ceremony held on this day was attended by KAIST President Kwang Hyung Lee, KAIST Graduate School of AI Semiconductor Dean Hyojun Yoo, KAIST Semiconductor Design Education Center Director Incheol Park, Cadence Korea President Yongseok Shin, Cadence Executive Director Jihoon Do, and other internal and external stakeholders.

During the donation ceremony, a business agreement between KAIST and Cadence was also signed. KAIST plans to establish education on how to use the Palladium Z1 at the Semiconductor Design Education Center (IDEC) and create a system and technical foundation to enable domestic university laboratories to utilize this equipment. The PIM Semiconductor Design Research Center and KAIST Graduate School of AI Semiconductor will build an equipment usage environment centered on industry-academia cooperation research institutes and startups, while Cadence will be responsible for administrator training and software support for actual operation.

Cadence Korea President Yongseok Shin stated, "Through this donation and cooperation with KAIST, we hope that more outstanding talents who will lead the semiconductor industry will emerge."

KAIST President Kwang Hyung Lee said, "The donation of excellent equipment from Cadence Korea has laid an important foundation for the growth of semiconductor capabilities, and KAIST will contribute to strengthening the global competitiveness of Korea's semiconductor industry as a leading institution in the semiconductor field."

Cadence is the official EDA partner of Samsung Electronics' foundry division and supplies software and hardware for chip design to domestic semiconductor companies.

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