Original Message From Ali.Moeini@synopsys.com (Feb. 2004): Hi Don, The commercial value of 20 Design Tool University licenses and software at $1,207,475.00 each = $24,149,500.00 Thanks, Ali
January 19, 1996
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Computer software valued at $6.2 million has been donated to the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville by the California-based firm, Synopsys.
Dr. Jerry Stoneking, UT-Knoxville engineering Dean, said Friday the software allows computer chips to be designed and tested much more efficiently. "To maintain an outstanding program we must commit to keep our faculty and students at the cutting edge of technology," Stoneking said. "Synopsys investment in our program helps fulfill that commitment and aids us in our quest of continual excellence."
Dr. Don Bouldin, UT Electrical and Computer Engineering professor, said complex circuit designs can be simulated with the software, tested and evaluated many times faster than before. "Using this software is like riding in a Lamborghini race car instead of having to walk or ride in an old car," Bouldin said. "You go from the idea stage down to the working chip much faster. Students using the software can spend more time learning and less time testing designs. It will make them more marketable to employers. For research, you can do much larger projects in a lot less time." Bouldin said the UT-Knoxville Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has received more than $12 million in computer software gifts in less than three years.
Dr. Ralph Gonzalez, Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering, said the gift will enhance research and teaching at UT and will support partnerships with institutions like the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. "The gift from Synopsys will put us in an even better position to continue building on our strength in integrated circuit design," Gonzalez said. "We are thankful to Synopsys for their generosity and recognition of the quality of the work being done by Dr. Bouldin and his colleagues."
Paul Lippe, vice president of business development and legal at Synopsys, said: "We are proud of this partnership between one of the leading technology universities in the South and one of the leading technology companies in the Silicon Valley. This high level design software will assure UT students access to the same technology that is currently used by world class technology companies and help assure them a bright future into the 21st century."
May 30, 1994
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A $1.5 million grant to design faster computers that make use of new technologies has been awarded to engineers at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Dr. Don Bouldin, a UT-Knoxville electrical and computer engineering professor, heads a group of seven scientists conducting a three-year project for the Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Bouldin said the team will design computers that take advantage of a new technology that merges several integrated circuits -- or chips. The multi-chip technology results in faster, more powerful computer systems, he said.
Bouldin said UT researchers will create designs that make the best use of the multi-chip modules. They also seek to develop tools that allow computer makers to explore different multi-chip uses early on in the manufacturing process.
``The speed of today's microelectronic systems is limited not by the integrated circuits themselves, but by the packages in which they are housed," Bouldin said. ``With the availability of such advanced packages, there is a need to explore how the design of integrated circuits can be optimized to exploit this new technology."
The project is one of 13 chosen for funding from about 275 competing proposals, Bouldin said.
UT is collaborating on the project with SUN Microsystems of Mountain View, Calif., and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation of Austin, Texas.
Contact: Dr. Don Bouldin (423-974-5444/3461)
Feb. 21, 1995
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- Engineering students at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville have a $4.8 million `toolbox' to help them design complex electronic circuitry.
The tools are sophisticated computer software donated by Mentor Graphics Corp. to the University of Tennessee's 21st Century Campaign.
Dr. Don Bouldin, a UT-Knoxville electrical and computer engineering professor who teaches courses using the new software, said students can design printed circuit boards and integrated circuits.
"Mentor has given us a high-tech `toolbox' that greatly enhances students' ability to do electronic computer-aided design," Bouldin said. "It also makes students more employable. Companies love to see graduates who have experience with this kind of industry-standard software."
Bouldin said the software has been installed on computer workstations acquired last year with a $1.5 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency, a federal research agency. The software can be used by up to 10 students at a time.
UT President Joe Johnson said the gift is an example of how gifts to UT's 21st Century Campaign enhance student programs.
"Establishing this relationship with Mentor Graphics is a giant step in our campaign to better prepare students for the challenges of the next century," Johnson said.
UT-Knoxville Chancellor Bill Snyder said the gift will push the electrical and computer engineering department's design programs to a new level.
"We are honored to be chosen by Mentor Graphics as one of the select schools they support, and we welcome them as our latest educational partner," Snyder said.
Mentor Graphics, based in Wilsonville, Ore., is one of the world's leading developers of computer-aided systems for electronics design.
"Sharing this state-of-the art automation design software with the University of Tennessee is our way of helping educate the engineers of tomorrow," Mentor Graphics president and chief executive officer Walden C. Rhines said.
Contact: Dr. Don Bouldin (423-974-5444)
Jan. 10, 1995
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- Money for University of Tennessee research grew $11 million to $162.2 million in 1994, UT President Joe Johnson announced Tuesday. The money comes from grants, contracts and UT departmental budgets. ``Our outstanding faculty and staff have contributed greatly to steady growth in UT research over the first half of the '90s," Johnson said. UT research expenditures have increased $40 million since 1990. ``Having growth in a year when dollars for research are not growing either in the public or the private sector says a lot about the capabilities and creative talents of our faculty," Johnson said. ``We look forward to continued research success through this decade and into the next century." Greg Cole, director of UT Research Services, said federally-funded UT research, which has grown steadily for 11 years, was $84.2 million in 1994. UT departmental budgets underwrote $29.3 million in research, and state funds used for research totaled $26.5 million, Cole said. Industrial and private support for UT research declined slightly in 1994. Industry-supported research was $11.2 million, down about $500,000 from 1993. Money for privately-sponsored research was $7.4 million, down $400,000. UT received about $3.5 million from industries, governments of foreign countries and Tennessee local governments for research in 1994, Cole said. Research expenditures for individual campuses and units in the UT system for the year ending June 30, 1994 (with 1993 amounts in parentheses) were: * UT-Knoxville, $77.7 million ($68 million). * UT-Memphis, $37.7 million ($36.6 million). * Institute of Agriculture, $31.8 million ($29.9 million). * UT Space Institute, $11.7 million ($14 million). * UT-Chattanooga, $2.8 million ($1.5 million). * UT-Martin, $606,000 ($696,000).