Semiconductor Research Corporation

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), commonly known as SRC, is a high-technology research consortium active in the semiconductor industry.[1] It is a leading semiconductor research consortium.[2][3] Todd Younkin is the incumbent president and chief executive officer of the company.[4][5]

Semiconductor Research Corporation
TypePrivate
IndustrySemiconductor
Founded1982 (1982)
Headquarters
North Carolina
,
United States
Key people
Todd Younkin (president and chief executive officer)
Websitewww.src.org

The consortium comprises more than twenty-five companies and government agencies with more than a hundred universities under contract performing research.[6][7]

History

SRC was founded in 1982 as a consortium to fund research by semiconductor companies.[8]

In the past, it has funded university research projects in hardware and software co-design, new architectures, circuit design, transistors, memories, interconnects, and materials and has sponsored over 15,000 PhD students.[9]

Research

SRC has funded research in areas such as automotive, advanced memory technologies, logic and processing, advanced packaging, edge intelligence, and communications.[10]

Programs

Joint University Microelectronics Program

It is a long-term research program, in collaboration with DARPA and industry, that focuses on energy-efficient electronics, including actuation and sensing, signal processing, computing, and intelligent storage.[11][12]

Global Research Collaboration Program

It is an industry-led international research program with eight sub-topics including artificial intelligence hardware; analog mixed-signal circuits; computer-aided design and test; environment safety and health; hardware security; logic and memory devices; nanomanufacturing materials and processes; and packaging.[13]

Undergraduate Research Program

Undergraduate Research Program (URP) is a one-year academic program for students. The program combines an undergraduate research curriculum with industry experience.[14] The program helps sustain a high retention rate of students who are interested in semiconductor research. It gives networking and job opportunities through an annual event.[14]

Recognition

In 2005, SRC received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation awarded by the president of the United States for their collaborative high-tech university research and for creating the concept and methodology, named International Technology Roadmap.[1]

Awards
  • Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Technical Excellence Awards[15]

References
  1. "Semiconductor Research Corporation". National Science and Technology Medals Foundation.
  2. "Protecting our processors". www.nsf.gov.
  3. "Semiconductor value chain" (PDF).
  4. "The Chip Industry's Next-Gen Roadmap". Semiconductor Engineering. January 21, 2021.
  5. News, Stanford (3 March 2022). "Kenneth Goodson has been recognized for excellence in semiconductor technology research". Stanford.edu. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. "About SRC".
  7. Pollack, Andrew (February 2, 1984). "Technology". New York Times.
  8. Lohr, Steve (June 5, 1983). "JAPAN'S NEW TEST IN CHIPS". New York Times.
  9. Clark, Don (July 8, 2006). "Technology". Wall Street Journal.
  10. "Artificial intelligence sheds light on how the brain processes language".
  11. "Joint University Microelectronics Program - SRC".
  12. "U.S. Electronics Innovation Leaps Forward Via Joint University Microelectronics Program". DARPA.
  13. "Global Research Collaboration Program - SRC".
  14. "Undergraduate Research Program - SRC".
  15. "NAI Fellows".
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