Podcast EP278: Details of This Year’s Semiconductor Startups Contest with Silicon Catalyst’s Nick Kepler
Dan is joined by Nick Kepler, COO and Director at Silicon Catalyst. Nick has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with varied leadership and technology management roles including semiconductor process technology development and manufacturing, design enablement, technical program management, and customer-facing marketing and technical sales.
Nick describes the details of Silicon Catalyst’s third Semiconductor Startups Contest with Dan. The contest is opening today and like prior events is co-sponsored by Arm. Nick explains the history and goals of the event, along with a description of prior winners. He describes the prizes of the current contest, which are substantial and include $150K – $250K of prize money along with admission to the Arm Flexible Access program which includes try before you buy access to Arm IP, tools training, support and simpler legal agreements.
Dan also explores the details of how and when to apply to the contest and when results will be announced with Nick. Details about the contest can be found here, and you can submit an application here.
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