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UM chip wins ASP-DAC 2018 University LSI Design Contest Special Feature Award
2018 Feb 13 | Tue

A microelectronics chip and a paper titled ‘A Dual-Output SC Converter with Dynamic Power Allocation for Multi-Core Application Processors’ from the University of Macau (UM) recently received the University LSI Design Contest Special Feature Award at the 23rd Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2018).

Energy-efficient, low-cost chips developed by UM PhD students reach world-class standards
2018 Feb 09 | Fri

Four PhD students from the University of Macau’s (UM) State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (AMSV) and Faculty of Science and Technology’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), recently passed their oral defenses with flying colours.

UM develops fast, accurate parasite detection method
2017 Nov 30 | Thu

A research team from the University of Macau (A research team from the University of Macau (UM) has achieved a new breakthrough. The team has developed a fast, accurate, and convenient point-of-care pathogen detection method with the help of the digital microfluidic system. This method uses isothermal DNA amplification together with specific DNA Molecular Beacon probe

Two UM members receive IEEE PES Outstanding Engineer Award
2017 Oct 10 | Tue

Lam Chi Seng, an assistant professor from the University of Macau (UM) State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI; and Thomas Cheang, a UM graduate electrical and electronics engineering and a veteran engineer from Macao, recently received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) Outstanding Engineer Award 2016.

UM’s two state key labs pass assessments with flying colours
2017 Jul 17 | Mon

The two state key laboratories at the University of Macau (UM), namely the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (AMS-VLSI Lab) and the State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine (QRCM Lab), today (6 July) passed their second assessments after 6 years of operation conducted by experts in the fields of Chinese medical sciences and integrated circuits.

Experience sharing by 3 ISSCC committee members from UM well received in mainland China
2017 Jul 03 | Mon

A delegation from the International Technical Program Committee (ITPC) of the IEEE International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC, also known as the ‘Chip Olympics’) 2018, successfully organised an ISSCC promotional activity in Wuhan Optical Valley and Nanjing Wireless Valley, with over 100 attendees from both academia and industry.

New breakthrough in UM’s microchip research enables quick DNA testing for prompt diagnosis
2017 Mar 02 | Thu

A paper by UM scholars was recently published in Lab on a Chip, a publication under the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom. The paper proposes a new technique that can quickly identify the DNA of multiple potential pathogens causing septicemia from a single droplet (1uL).

UM AMS-VLSI Lab contributes two chapters to Enabling the Internet of Things
2017 Feb 27 | Mon

The University of Macau’s (UM) State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI) (AMS-VLSI Lab) contributed two chapters to the first hardware-oriented book on the Internet of Things: Enabling the Internet of Things - from Integrated Circuits to Integrated Systems, published by Springer International.

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