University Program


Hands-on Chip Design & Fabrication for Education
Empower your students with real-world chip design and fabrication experience

chipIgnite by Efabless simplifies and streamlines the process, enabling universities to integrate chip design and fabrication into their curriculum at an affordable cost.

chipIgnite is designed to complement a wide range of educational activities, from classroom instruction and independent study to capstone projects and cutting-edge research. It offers a practical approach to learning that closes the gap between theory and real-world application providing multiple benefits.

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To facilitate projects for multiple teams of students, we’re offering pools of five or ten projects each. The pools can be used all at once or over a period of time, and include training, support, and access to IP at no additional cost.

LEVEL PROJECTS COST BENEFITS
Tier I Pool of 5 projects $48,750
  • 1 Kickstart workshop
  • 15 Hours of online technical support
  • Access to selected IP at no cost
Tier II Pool of 10 projects $87,750
  • 2 Kickstart workshops
  • 30 Hours of online technical support
  • Access to library of IP at no cost

Efabless chipIgnite has been an invaluable tool for broadening participation in chip design. The open-source foundation provides a transparent and accessible platform for users with varying levels of experience, allowing them to delve deeper into the core concepts and focus on design creativity and innovation. chipIgnite will continue to play a critical role in a mature ecosystem that needs new impulses for nurturing the next generation of chip designers.

Boris Murmann - Professor, University of Hawaii and Chair, IEEE SSCS Technical Committee on the Open-Source Ecosystem