UT Dallas And South Korea Agree On Semiconductor Research

1 May 2007

BUSINESS JOURNAL (AUSTIN) - The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)has signed a preliminary agreement with The Consortium of Semiconductor Advanced Research from Seoul, South Korea to establish a semiconductor research center at the college. The South Korean research institute could invest up to USD 8 million in the next four years. UTD will focus on materials science, nano-electronics and related efforts to make microchips smaller, faster and more energy-efficient. The South Korea group signed similar memoranda of understanding with Standord University and the University of California at Berkely. Stanford's planned center will focus on chip manufacturing, and Berkeley will focus on microchip design. Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/04/30/daily2.html (Reliability: 7)