Heaptalk, Kudus — Polytron, in collaboration with Indonesia Chip Design Collaborative Center (ICDEC), held chip design training at Kudus, Indonesia. The first batch of this chip design training was organized from October to December 2024 by involving around 50 college students from multiple universities across Indonesia.
Director General of Research and Development, The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, Fauzan Adziman, on the closing of this agenda stated, “This training is a collaboration between government and private sector. If the target for the number of chip designer is fulfilled, Indonesia can be a producer, not a consumer anymore. Along with the development of EV industry which keeps growing, the needs of chip will be huge” (12/24).
On the closing of the program, the participants also showcased various demonstration of their work in the training program. The material includes fundamental of semiconductors, ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer, VLSI Design Engineer – Analog IC Design, VLSI Design Engineer – Digital IC Design dan Final Project – ANN Processor Design.
Chief Operating Officer of Polytron, Roberto Setiabudi Hartono conveyed that this initiative also obtained support from multiple stakeholders, particularly numerous universities in Indonesia who drive the design chip training.
He added, “The company fully supports this initiative in order to deliver maximum opportunities for Indonesian excellent talents who are the future of the country. We proudly announce that this program generates some ready-to-use designs which are the result of participants’ hard work and the excellent guidance from the coaches who come from best universities in Indonesia”.
Business Development Specialist of Polytron, Jeogianto stated the program is an effort to embody Indonesia Gold 2045, where the development of human capital becomes the main pillar. The collaboration between Polytron and ICDEC firms the company’s commitment to continue supporting the development of Indonesian human resources, particularly for semiconductor industry in Indonesia.
Moreover, Polytron claimed to invite more international and national partner in the program in the upcoming activity.
“In the near future, we plan to reorganize the similar training, thus it strongly demonstrates our consistency to create excellent resources to support semiconductor industry in Indonesia,” concluded Head of Culture Development Polytron, David Setyadi Rahardjo.
