REMINDER: 2023-24 Activity Report – Please submit by Wednesday, May 1st. 

CMC is asking professors to complete their annual Activity Report to measure the impact of CMC’s Products and Services on their research and commercialization activities and student training. The information collected in the Activity Report is vital for federal and provincial funders. Professors can access their report from their account. Please contact Sandra Poulin at poulin@cmc.ca for any assistance.  

Arm Processor Design and Prototyping  

Arm is one of the most widely used families of processor cores worldwide, from low-power, battery-operated embedded devices and smartphones to compute servers. In addition to incorporating Arm-based COTS components into board-level designs, commercial and academic users can integrate Arm processor IP into their custom-manufactured SoCs. 

CMC is a member of the Arm Semiconductor Education Alliance, which provides teaching and learning resources for STEM education and research. Researchers have access to an extensive catalogue of processors, physical IP, and tools through the Arm Academic Access program. 

SoC Design Contest 2024/25: Understanding Our World  

Following on from the successful “Bridging the Skills Gap” contest in 2023, where SoC Labs supported teams through conference attendance and silicon tape out, they are pleased to announce the “Understanding Our World” SoC design contest for 2024/25.  Details 

CAD Update

Cadence EDA Software now available for startups through the CMC Virtual Incubator Environment (VIE)

Equipment Rental

A number of AMD authorized training partners are offering free online training in May. Don’t forget to check out the CMC equipment rental program as we carry Xilinx Versal AI Core Series Evaluation Kits and more. LAB Equipment Rental – CMC Microsystems
 

• Using the VCK190 for FIR Designs and AMD Vitis Model Composer | May 6-7
• Introduction to AMD Versal Adaptive SoCs | May 15-16, 2024
• AMD Versal Adaptive SoC: Network on Chip | May 22, 2024
• Using AMD HLS to Supercharge Design Performance | May 23-24, 2024

FABrIC

CMC is getting excellent support from the federal government on the FABrIC program and from the province of Quebec on a number of initiatives. We hope to restart programs we were forced to drop or increase prices and to be able to return to higher subsidies sometime next year. 

Fabrication of Integrated Components for the Internet’s Edge.  A Proposal to Canada’s Federal Government.  Learn more

Upcoming Webinars & Events 

• COMSOL Multiphysics Seminar | May 2
• OptiSystem 21.1 – Powerful New Photonics Design & Simulation Features | May 2 
• Halve your time to market with the complete design-to-production solution for PZT MEMS | May 15 
• Ottawa PCB Tech Day, Siemens | May 22 
• Micromachine Summit | May 26-29 
• 2024 Photonics North | May 28- 30 
• Inventures 2024 | May 29-31 
• Fast and Scalable MEMS Simulations | May 30 
• Ansys SimWorld 2024 | May 30 
• Near-Term Quantum Algorithms Quantum AlgoLab Summer School 2024 | Jun 2-14
• 2024 IEEE 22nd Interregional NEWCAS Conference | June 16 – 19 
• A fresh concept of hardware supporting the transition to 6G and future networks | June 19
• CRAFT Microfluidics Professional Course | July 17-19 
• 2024 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering | Aug 6-9 
• IEEE Quantum Week 2024 | September 15-20 
• CRAFT Research Symposium |  Oct 12  
• MicroTAS 2024 | Oct 13-17