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TI launches Kilby Labs to deliver
breakthrough semiconductor technology
Texas Instruments (TI) announced its new every day at TI. It’s what motivated Jack with a variety of events showcasing his
“Kilby Labs”, a centre of innovation Kilby to build the first IC and why he was unique vision within the world of
designed to foster creative ideas for able to transform the world through his engineering and his creative expression
breakthrough semiconductor technology. ideas and inventions.” through photography:
Launched on September 12, the 50th
anniversary of the integrated circuit, the “Our vision for Kilby Labs,” said Gregg Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist
new labs will build on IC inventor Jack Lowe, TI senior vice president and the University, Dallas: Jack Kilby: The Eye of
Kilby’s legacy of revolutionising our lives project’s executive sponsor, “is that it will Genius Photographs by the Inventor of the
through chip innovation. combine TI’s experience in developing Microchip will run through September
new chip technologies and our 21. The exhibit displays several artefacts,
Kilby Labs will be located on TI’s Dallas understanding of customer needs with the such as a collection of Kilby’s
North Campus and is inspired by the dreams of a new generation of innovators. photography, his original notebook of
original TI lab, where Kilby first designed Technology springs from imagination, and sketches and ideas for the integrated
the chip that opened the door to 3G cell we want to create an environment where circuit, his Nobel Prize in Physics, the
phones, portable ultrasound machines and people can both imagine a better world world’s first microchip and the first
automotive antilock braking systems. The and help build it. The best way we can handheld calculator.
new facility, though, will bring together celebrate Jack’s contributions is by
university researchers and leading TI providing people with the opportunity to The Museum of Nature and Science,
engineers to discover life changing carry on his work and find new ways for a Dallas: A microchip mini exhibit will run
opportunities for semiconductor tiny chip to dramatically improve millions through October 19. The display features
technology. From creating new ways to of lives around the world.” items from the TI archives in contrast to
make health care more mobile to their modern form, along with video
harnessing new power sources to enabling TI has named Ajith Amerasekera as footage.
more fuel efficient vehicles, researchers at director of its new Kilby Labs. Ajith, who
the Kilby Labs will focus on developing is a TI Fellow, joined the company in Texas Instruments Headquarters: The
chip advances that make a difference. 1991 and holds a PhD in Electrical original lab where Kilby worked and made
Engineering and Physics. He previously his significant discovery of the first
“All of us at TI believe that technologies served as CTO for TI’s application specific integrated circuit has been recreated on
that significantly impact our lives are the integrated circuit division, and as the site. The recreated lab will inspire future
right technologies for our business,” said holder of 28 issued patents and author of inventors and serve as a visual reminder
Rich Templeton, Chairman and CEO of four books on semiconductors, Ajith is of the power of science and technology
TI, at the launch celebration held at the well recognised in the international combined with creativity.
Semiconductor Building on TI’s North technical community.
Campus. “The power to help make the Great Bend, Kansas: TI will make a
world healthier, safer, greener and more In addition to the new Kilby Labs, TI is donation toward Jack Kilby’s memorial
fun is what gets us excited about chip honouring Jack Kilby’s life and legacy statue being erected in his home town of
innovation, and why we come to work Great Bend, Kansas.
IBM Japan and VaST join efforts
IBM Japan and VaST Systems In the area of mechanical design, model By adopting model based development,
Technology announced that they have based development has been adopted to developers will be more productive as a
agreed to jointly promote model based virtually model components and verify result of greater visibility into the
development by electronics device with virtual models without using real execution and state of the hardware. The
virtualisation for their manufacturing hardware. In the automotive industry, for software development process itself will
customers in automotive and digital example, it is now possible to commence be improved by removing the dependency
consumer electronics industries. production by creating virtual models on hardware or hardware prototype
instead of physical prototypes of the availability to enable software
Automotive systems and digital consumer vehicle. development. The integration verification
electronics require investments in upon hardware availability will be
verification activities at various Due to increase in speed and complexity shortened dramatically; with conventional
development stages before commercial of electronic circuits, it has been difficult method using real hardware, it takes
production. Specification and design to virtualise electronics control devices several weeks for integration verification,
changes affect software, hardware, and while maintaining execution speed and but with model based development, it will
costs. Verification efforts must cover the accuracy. VaST provides the combination be reduced to a few hours, few days
entire system and be conducted rapidly to of high speed, and cycle accuracy to solve because an additional error is not found
meet schedule constraints. this problem. at the final verification stage.
October 2008 www.euroasiasemiconductor.com
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