Center of Wireless valley

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Where Wireless Goes on Silicon
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Europes IT Infrastructure Relative the US
Source Forbes and ISA
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Low Business Costs
Source Economist Intelligence Unit, Nov 1997
Germany
100
U.S.
91
Belgium
88
U.K.
82
France
80
Netherlands
75
Sweden
69
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World-leader in Complex Systems Design
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World-leading Hub in Wireless Systems

• Wireless Valley in Sweden is the worlds most
  important hub for wireless technologies.
• Sweden is the source of more than 1/3 of all
  important 3G patents
• Bluetooth is a Swedish innovation
• Foreign investments in wireless excellence
  centers in Sweden include
• Andersen Consulting, Atmel, Cambridge Technology
  Partners, Cap Gemini, Cisco, Compaq, Hewlett
  Packard, Huwai, IBM, Infosys Technologies, Intel,
  Microsoft, Motorola, National Semiconductor,
  Nokia, Nortel Networks, Oracle, RSA Security,
  Siemens, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, VIA
  Technologies

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Socware Design Cluster
Socware Board
Academic Research Education
Applied Research Development
Demonstrator Design Evaluation
International Marketing
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Socware Work Programs
Socware
Intelect
100 msek
110 msek
Research Education
150 msek
Industry
150 msek
Acreo Socware Center
30 msek
International Marketing
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Socware Infrastructure
Royal Institute of Technology

• New MSc and PhD Programs
• New SoC Research Program
• New Acreo Socware Centers

Kista Science Park
Linköping University
Mjärdevi Science Park
ACREO
Lund University
Atmel Corporation, Norrköping VIA Technology, Lund
Ideon Science Park
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Socware University Partners

• Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) provides 1/3
  of Swedens capacity for engineering studies and
  technical research. KTH has 11,000 MSc students,
  1,400 PhD students and a staff of 3,100 people.
• Linköping University (LiU) has 22,000 students.
  The engineering faculty has 5,000 MSc students,
  600 PhD students and a staff of 1,200 people.
• Lund University (LU), founded 1666 has 35,000
  students. The engineering faculty has 5,000 MSc
  students, 800 PhD students and a staff of 800
  people.

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Socware Engineering Curriculum

• A Master graduate in Socware engineering need to
  master two domains
• New curriculum includes IPR management
• First batch of 50 MSc will graduate at the end
  of 2001
• Second batch of 100 MSc will graduate at the end
  of 2002

Analog/RF ASIC Design
Digital ASIC Design
Embedded Software Design
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Socware Research Program

• 50 PhD research projects
• 11 faculty research groups
• RF, analog, mixed signal, digital,
  architecture and embedded software
• Demonstrator design at
• ACREO in cooperation with university and industry
• Research program open for industrial
  participation

PhD Research Project
Faculty Research Projects
Demonstrator Design
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Socware Research Projects 2002-2005

• Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
• Fault Tolerance on System-on-Chip
• Interconnect-Centric SoC Design for
  Network-on-Chip
• Low-Energy SoC Computer Architectures
• Network-on-Chip Design Methodology
• Linköping University (LiU)
• Digital RF Transceiver Technology
• Energy Efficient Communication Systems
• SoC Design for Testability
• Lund University (LU)
• Design Space Exploration for SoC
• Flexible Coding/Decoding for PAN
• Flexible CMOS Radio Front-end
• Embedded Re-configurable Low-Power A/D converter
  
• for a Flexible Radio Terminal

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Socware Demonstrators

• First Demonstrator
• A highly integrated multi-mode multi-band radio
  transceiver for wide-band short-rangewireless
  communication, combining
• WLAN 5 GHz (IEEE 802.11a, Hiperlan 2)
• UTMS (W-CDMA)
• WLAN 2.4 GHz (IEEE 802.11b)
• Bluetooth 2.4 GHz
• Second Demonstrator
• A new SoC BUS for systems on a chip with high
  computing load and on-chip communication
  bandwidth. Providing a methodology to decrease
  the SoC verification time induced by hard and
  soft glue.

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Socware Research Structure
Embedded Software
Architecture
Digital
Mixed Signal
Analog
RF
Topic
Place
Radio Electronics
Computer Systems Lab
Electr.System Design Lab
Circuit Theory Lab
Electr.System Design Lab
Electr.Systems Comp.Systems
KTH Kista
Electronic Devices
Embedded Systems Lab
Electr.Devices Electr.Systems
Electr.Systems Embed.System
Electr.Devices Electr.Systems
Electr.Devices Electr.Systems
LiU Linköping
Analog/RF Group
Mixed Signal Group
Embedded Systems Group
Digital ASIC Group
Analog/RF Group
Digital ASIC Embed.Systems
LU Lund

• National level
• Cooperation between the universities on
  focused research topics
• Local level
• Cooperation within the university on wide SoC
  projects
• Industry level
• Cooperation with ACREO in demonstrator
  projects

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Acreo Socware Center

• The external gateway to the Socware research
  program
• Provides contract RD in SoC and SoP
  technologies
• Provides support with RF and mixed signal design
• Provides support with design team building and
  incubating
• Having three locations
• Stockholm, Norrköping, Lund

Application
Testability
RF
AMS
DSP
SW
Packaging
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Investment Opportunities

• Socware Center Partner
• ACREO will support the build-up and housing of
  a shared RD team focused on wireless SoC
  technologies.
• Substantial cost sharing is available.
• Socware Design Partner
• ACREO will support with design environment, on
  beneficial terms, including consultancy from
  their RF, mixed signal and base-band digital
  signal design expertise.
• Socware Demonstrator Partner
• Demonstrator projects run by ACREO could be
  joined
• at shared costs. This might include having an own
  
• PhD student inside the project.

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Low Design Team Costs

• The total payroll cost for an experienced design
  manager will be less than 80,000 USD
• The total payroll cost for an ASIC designer will
  be less than 60,000 USD
• Income tax relief is available for foreign
  experts and key personnel
• Advanced office space average around 20 USD per
  square feet and year

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Joining Socware Design Cluster will...

• Provide access to the Wireless Valley, its
  companies and academic institutions
• Provide assistance to get started and build your
  local SoC design team
• Provide access to the new MSc in Socware
  engineering
• Provide access to the Socware
• research program

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