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Bangalore, Aug. 31 As part of its academic programme, NXP Semiconductors has announced an investment of $1.5 million over a period of five years, building a potential talent and research pool for the emerging semiconductor ecosystem in India.

The funding will be used to drive research programmes for industry specific enabling technologies and applications such as mobile communications, connectivity and automotive electronics based on the Nexperia audio-video platforms.

The institutes will undertake projects in the areas of next-generation VLSI technologies, system prototyping, connectivity and fourth generation mobile communications. NXP will also embark on setting up a digital media laboratory in a leading technical institute in approximately six months.

“The current initiative to sponsor research in India will enable product development for the local and global market. This is in line with our global vision to cultivate working relationships with educational institutes and enable knowledge transfer. With India being a hotbed of IT innovation, these partnerships are a big step forward towards providing the next generation of India’s technologists with in-depth technical skills in the semiconductor domain,” said Mr Rene Penning de Vries, Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, NXP Semiconductors, in a release.

“The collaboration with Indian academia to foster research reinforces our commitment to encourage talent and draw mutual synergies to stay ahead of the curve. NXP Semiconductors has been a founding member of major VLSI related post-graduate programmes in India with premier institutes such as IIT Delhi and IIT Chennai. These collaborative tie-ups will help to build the semiconductor ecosystem in India, bring alive the vibrant media experience and touch the consumer’s lives in the years to come,” said Mr Rajeev Mehtani, Vice-President and Managing Director, NXP Semiconductors India.

The company announced a commitment towards funding research activities at IIT Delhi and is working towards a formal agreement by which it will become a member of the VLSI research consortium at IIT Bombay.

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