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The Center for Integrated Circuit and Device Research (CIDR) is an infrastructure and framework for the sharing of resources between the academe, industry, and government, thus reducing the risk of bringing new technologies from discovery to commercialization. Specifically, sharing resources that enable (1) graduate-level manpower development, (2) technology exploration, and (3) increased technology absorption capabilities, leading to increased economic competitiveness and a sustainable local IC design ecosystem. In order to enable these goals and address the accompanying issues associated with these goals, CIDR’s efforts will revolve around and emphasize collaborative activities, specifically joint development of manpower and technologies.

The CIDR Innovation Infrastructure

The CIDR innovation infrastructure enables joint ecosystem development designed to produce and maintain a critical mass of graduate-level IC designers, and reduce the risk in technology development and adoption via these components:

1. Conducting joint graduate-level programs,
2. Pursuing collaborative applied research projects, and
3. Creating a network of Mirror Laboratories.

Mirror Laboratories

The Mirror Laboratories serves as the infrastructure platform for participating in joint graduate programs and training, and/or collaborative applied research work. Using the CIDR Mirror Laboratories as a platform, and leveraging various technologies for remote learning, the center conducts Joint Classes and Graduate Programs specifically on IC design and related fields for the academe, industry, and government, aimed at creating and sustaining a critical mass of graduate-level IC designers.

Collaborative Applied Research

The Collaborative Applied Research activities of the center is realized as component projects. Each project builds on a “linchpin” fundamental technology, and explore solutions to real-world problems facing in key application areas. Identifying these critical “linchpin” technologies is a key element in all CIDR research projects, efficiently leveraging the same technology expertise to solve a range of problems in various applications.

Component Projects

• Energy-Efficient RF Front-end Architectures for Large-Scale Sensor Networks
• Model-Driven Co-Design of MEMS-Based Sensors and Interface Circuits
• Energy Efficient Machine Learning Hardware Co-design
• Energy Harvesting for Battery-less IoT Device Operation

Activities

• Classes
• Technical Talks

Partners

Academe

• University of the Philippines Diliman
• Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology
• Batangas State University
• Caraga State University
• Caraga State University Cabadbaran
• Surigao State College of Technology
• University of San Carlos
• University of Santo Tomas
• University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines
• University of the Philippines Los Baños

Industry

• Analog Devices General Trias
• Embedded Silicon Technology Solutions
• Lattice Semiconductor
• Xinyx Design

Government

• Advanced Science and Technology Institute
• Philippine Space Agency