The International Centre for System-on-Chip and Advanced Microwireless Integration (SoCaM) is a new £5.4 million investment
located at the Institute of Electronics and
Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), the aim of which is to "develop world leading research focused at the establishment of paradigm defining techniques for the design and advanced integrated circuit based electronics systems".
SoCaM aims to establish a coherent
platform based on the internationally leading expertise that exists in the Digital Signal Processing, High Frequency Electronics, Silicon
Microtechnology and Embedded Software Systems Groups at Queen's University Belfast.
Work is now underway on a co-ordinated programme designed to inform and guide the
development of future System-on-Chip (SoC). Carefully chosen to address specific technical issues currently hindering the development of advanced
integrated electronic solutions, research
elements undertaken at the NISRC
inlcude:
Hybrid planar technologies for Si-based microwave applications
