Silesian University of Technology signed an agreement with Arteris from Silicon Valley 

Arteris is a global leader in advanced semiconductor technologies, expanding   its operations in the European market. The cooperation opens up new opportunities for students of the Silesian University of Technology and the academic community of the University.  

Arteris specializes in Network on‑Chip (NOC) technology‑, which is a key element in the design of modern electronic systems.   The company’s network solutions are used by the world’s largest companies. Last year, the company opened a research and development centre in Krakow, now it has strengthened cooperation with the Silesian University of Technology.  

– We are very interested in our presence in Poland. It is a country with great potential and excellent technical universities. We want to both attract talented graduates and enable students to contact the latest technologies used in semiconductor design,” said Karel Charles Janac, CEO of Arteris, who signed an agreement with our University. On behalf of the Silesian University of Technology, the document was signed by Prof. Dr Hab. Eng. Marcin Staniek, Prof. SUT, Vice Rector for Collaboration with Civic and Economic Environment of the Silesian University of Technology  

- We want our students to have access to top-class technologies, including advanced methods for designing microprocessor chips, and to actively engage in research and development work ‑ in cooperation with Arteris, - said the vice-rector. – An important element for both the university and the company is the development of microprocessor chips on a European scale. This is crucial for building the technological independence of Europe in the design of modern electronic systems and becoming independent from Asian markets, - added Prof. Staniek.  

The cooperation will include, among others, the development of joint research and development projects‑, participation of the company’s experts in the University’s teaching activities and a number of opportunities for students such as work placements, internships or participation of projects implemented in cooperation with the R&D centre in Krakow. Students will also gain access to unique knowledge and modern methods of designing microprocessor circuits.  

-  Today’s chip consists of many different functional blocks, often hundreds of elements such as processors, memory controllers, and peripherals that need to be properly connected. Arteris is an innovator in this area, developing the Network on‑Chip technology‑, in which individual blocks of the system are connected by means of a network, instead of traditional buses used in the past - explained Dr Hab. Eng. Robert Czerwiński, Prof. SUT, coordinator of the field of micro informatics of digital systems at the Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science. 

Thanks to cooperation with a company from Silicon Valley, students of the Silesian University of Technology gained the opportunity to work with technologies used by the largest global companies.  Arteris, in turn, as its president emphasized, is committed to educating and inspiring the next generations of outstanding engineers who will become specialists in this field.