INTI-IC Boot Camp

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Integrated Circuit Design Boot Camp & Hackathon Grooms Technological Skills Among Future Game Changers

With the ongoing trade war between the United States and China on technological advancements in the era of 5G, AI and IR4.0, experts and players from the information and communications technology industry foresee that the ultimate game changer would be the one who masters the integrated circuit (IC) design and manufacturing technology, given that IC is the most fundamental building block for building advanced technologies.

Tan Lin Nah (centre), acting CEO of INTI, guests from Oppstar Technology and INTI Penang’s academic team pose for a photo at the opening ceremony of the IC Boot Camp.

Chun Keat, Senior Vice President of Oppstar Technology answers questions on the development of Artificial Intelligence raised by students participating in the IC Boot camp.

Engaging with one of the leading Malaysian companies who specialise in state-of-the-art IC design, INTI International College Penang (INTI) organised an IC design boot camp and hackathon coaching session to provide academicians and students from Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) programmes with deeper insights into this invaluable industry.

One of INTI’s 450 industry partners in optimising employability outcomes among the graduates, Oppstar Technology is a well-known local company that develops the 7 nanometre IC design, an advanced piece of technology that is used by the world’s largest telecommunications equipment makers, such as Huawei and Intel

The full-day IC design boot camp saw nearly 120 students and lecturers actively participating in talks given by Oppstar’s senior management team. Students who are currently studying INTI’s Diploma in Electrical & Electronic Engineering; and INTI’s three degree programmes offered in collaboration with Coventry University – Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, and Bachelor of Science in Computing, were also coached to formulate projects in order to take part in a hackathon extending over the next three months.