IP99, Virage Logic sponsor system-chip design contest

Event organizers have assembled a judging panel of industry experts, including Yervant Zorian, chief technology adviser at Logic Vision Inc.; King Pang, vice president of engineering, consumer products division, LSI Logic Corp.; and Sang Wang, co-founder of Epic Design Technology Inc. and now an independent investor and adviser to electronic design companies.

Winners will be announced at IP99 on Tuesday, March 23, at a 6:30 p.m. dinner event and industry panel discussion at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

Grand prize will be a free memory IP core from Virage Logic (valued up to $50,000), or a credit for $50 ,000 that can be used toward the purchase of any standard product in the Virage Logic catalog.

In addition, each grand-prize design team member, up to a total of six members, will receive a digital camera to recognize individual accomplishment. First-place winning teams in each category will be recognized with a $500 gift certificate toward a celebration party in their home town at the establishment of their choice.

Participants may choose among three application categories: consumer, communications or computers; or three technology categories: non-volatile, DRAM or other memory structures. A design does not need to be in production to be considered; however, it must be taped out.

To get an application, including all design criteria, contact Nilu Aghel at Virage Logic, (510) 360-8011, e-mail nilu@virlog.com or visit the Virage Logic Web site. All entries must be postmarked no later than Feb. 15.