IEEE Egypt Section SSCS Chapter
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Student Design Contest

The IEEE Egypt Section SSCS Chapter is holding a student design competition in summer 2022. This contest asks students to design SRAM chip. The operation of the chip should be demonstrated by showing the important waveforms verifying the design concepts and by reporting the figure of merit for the performance of the chip. Monetary awards will be provided for the top two designs. The registration deadline is July 25, 2022.

Eligibility Criteria​

The competition is particularly intended for undergraduate students from public, private, or new national universities within IEEE Egypt.​ Students graduating this year aren't qualified to enter the competition.

2022 Competition Technical Details​

Design of 1 Kbyte Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) with row decoders and column decoders. The top two designs will be selected based on Performance, Power, Area (PPA).

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Software Access​

Please, use licensed software through Cadence or Siemens University Programs. You can also use efabless free cloud-based chip design platform.​

Timeline for submission​

Students should submit a poster summarizing their designs by September 15, 2022. The winners will be announced by September 30, 2022.​

Awards

​Gold Award: $350
Silver Award: $150

Please, register your team (1-4 students) by sending an email to Khaled Hassan (khaled.mohamed.hassan@ieee.org) with the names of the students.

Registration Deadline: July 25, 2022

IEEE Egypt Section Solid-State Circuits Society Committee
Prof. Dr. Sameh Ibrahim (Ain Shams University, and Vidatronic Egypt)
Dr. Dina El-Damak (University of Science and Technology at Zewail City)
Eng. Khaled Hassan (Vidatronic Egypt, and University of Southern California)