1er Encuentro Colombiano de Electrónica y Semiconductores “Formación de talento local para la industria global de semiconductores”

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El crecimiento de la industria de semiconductores en Colombia requiere la formación de talento especializado. Este encuentro busca reunir a expertos, académicos e industriales para discutir estrategias de desarrollo de capacidades en diseño y verificación de circuitos integrados. La agenda incluye charlas sobre el ecosistema de diseño de semiconductores en Latinoamérica, recursos y herramientas para diseño de circuitos integrados y experiencias académicas en la enseñanza del diseño de semiconductores.

El evento se realizará de manera híbrida en el Auditorio Mutis de la Universidad del Rosario, Sede Claustro, Calle 12C #6-25 Bogotá DC, el 7 de abril de 8:00am - 12:30pm y se transmitirá por YouTube en el canal de la Red Colombiana de Electrónica y Semiconductores (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsvB7iP_-8A

Invitado Especial: Alfonso Chacón. Rydev Costa Rica
IEEE CASS Industrial Distinguished Lecturer 
Charla: Hacia un ecosistema de diseño de IC en América Latina: ¿qué necesitamos para abrir un centro de diseño de ASIC en la región?

 



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  • Date: 07 Apr 2025
  • Time: 01:00 PM UTC to 06:00 PM UTC
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  • Calle 12C #6-25
  • Universidad del Rosario
  • Bogotá DC, Distrito Capital de Bogota
  • Colombia
  • Building: Auditorio Mutis

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  • Co-sponsored by Red Colombiana de Electrónica y Semiconductores


  Speakers

Alfonso Chacon-Rodriguez of Rydev Inc.

Topic:

Towards an IC design ecosystem in Latin America: what do we need to open an ASIC design house in the region?

The microelectronics industry increasingly depends on the input of multiple suppliers in the area of design and generation of intellectual property (IP). In the last decade, this led to a boom in these design houses in countries in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Near East. But political realignments, added to the growing complexity of modern chips and the orientation of countries like India towards their internal market, have put the issue of near-shoring back on the table for the North American semiconductor industry. In particular, the growing need for time alignment, and the search for higher quality of remote design services independent of the price factor (increasingly leveled globally anyway). All this implies a magnificent opportunity for more ASIC design houses to appear in Latin America. But the challenge is great: how to quickly generate the necessary critical mass for a successful business? Among the biggest obstacles we face are: very weak electrical or electronic engineering study programs in the area of microelectronics, very few graduate students in areas related to VLSI, the excessive cost of EDA tools for a small company that want to develop its own IP, the lack of a layer of experienced engineers that can guide the design teams, and the industry's lack of knowledge about the existing capabilities in Latin America (lack of positioning). This talk aims to offer
proposals for solutions, based on our own success story at Rydev, a Latin American ASIC design house with operations in Costa Rica and Argentina, that may help motivate more companies to appear in the short term in the region.

Biography:

Born in San José, Costa Rica, in 1967, Alfonso Chacón-Rodriguez holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (1990), and a Doctorate in Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina (2009). He also holds a Magister Literarum in English Literature from the University of Costa Rica (2004). He has published several papers on digital acoustic signal processing, and has served as reviewer for several IEEE conferences and journals such as the IEEE Sensors Journal, the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, and Springer's Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing. He shared the 2011 National Literature Award in his country for his novel El luto de la libélula. His interests range from low power analog and digital VLSI, low power signal processing and digital systems architecture, to philosophy and literature. He's co-founder and VP of Business Development at Rydev ASIC Design House, since 2021.

Email:

Address:San Jose, Costa Rica

Juan Sebastian Moya of Symbiotic EDA

Topic:

Oportunidades para el diseño y fabricación de circuitos integrados con herramientas open-source

Biography:

Electrical and Electronic engineer with main interests in wide-band clock generation circuits for SoC, RF, and Analog integrated circuits design and RF and analog electronic circuits.

I finished a master's degree in electrical engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) with an emphasis on RF integrated circuits.

Looking for new opportunities to apply the knowledge and background acquired. Always seeking to improve, evolve and contribute to solving the area challenges.

Experience with inductive link, oscillators, NFC TAGs, AC/DC Voltage Converters, Low Drop-Out Regulator and Low Power design.

Address:Bogotá DC, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia


Eva Veloso of IEEE

Topic:

Recursos de IEEE para la industria de semiconductores

Biography:

International Area Manager at IEEE for Corporate Europe, Southern Europe and Latin America

Address:Lyndhurst, New Jersey, United States

Jose Alejandro Amaya-Palacio of Universidad Industrial de Santander

Topic:

Propuesta Formativa en Ingeniería Electrónica para el desarrollo de Competencias en el Diseño de Circuitos Integrados

Biography:

PhD in Electrical Engineering with focus on Microelectronics, Master's in Electronic Engineering, Specialist in University Teaching, Bachelor in Electrical Engineer-Cum Laude. Areas of interest: prototype development, electronic instrumentation, design of application-specific analog integrated circuits, electrical bioimpedance spectroscopy, and application of electrical bioimpedance in cancer detection. He is currently the dean of the School of Electrical, Electronics and Telecomunications at Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia.

Email:

Address:Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia






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