Lam Research, IISc to commence pilot semiconductor engineering course
New Delhi: US-headquartered semiconductor component, engineering and services firm Lam Research on Friday announced its first pilot initiative for training semiconductor fabrication engineers in the country in partnership with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Lam Research and IISc was unveiled at the Semicon India 2023.
The first tranche of the programme with 30 engineers will commence next month at the institute’s Centre for Nano Science Engineering (CeNSE). Areas that the pilot project will focus on include virtual metrology or scientific measurements, physical design learning and process flow development, as part of device integration techniques for engineering students at IISc Bengaluru.
The first stage of the project is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, while a second stage is earmarked to be completed by June next year. Following the trial, the company will seek to align the program with engineering curriculum organized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the central body responsible for engineering courses in the country.
On 23 June, Lam Research announced an initiative to train 60,000 semiconductor fabrication engineers in India over 10 years, in order to build a workforce to supply the chipmaking ecosystem. The initiative will use Lam Research’s Semiverse high-precision digital twin platform in order to offer the training, in partnership with technical education institutes and universities.
In a bid to develop engineering platforms for the chip designing and engineering industries, the company opened an engineering centre in Bengaluru in September last year. Srinivasan Raghavan, chairperson, CeNSE at IISc Bengaluru, said
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