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DARPA nveils $100M EDA Project
The U.S. will pour $100 million into two research programs over the next four years to create the equivalent of a silicon compiler aimed at significantly lowering the barriers to design chips. The programs, involving 15 companies and more than 200 researchers, were described for the first time in a talk at the 2018 Design Automation Conference.
The two programs are just part of the Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) expected to receive $1.5 billion over the next five years to drive the U.S. electronics industry forward. ERI will disclose details of its other programs at an event in Silicon Valley in late July.
If successful, the programs "will change the economics of the industry," says Andreas Olofsson, who manages the two programs.
Congress recently added $150 million per year to ERI's funding. The initiative, managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), announced that the July event will also include workshops to brainstorm ideas for future research programs in five areas ranging from artificial intelligence to photonics.
From EE Times
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