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The Arm-ECS Research Centre has had numerous successes, including graduated PhD students, invited talks, funded projects, impact and dissemination events, open-source tool release, best-paper prizes, alumni successes, awards, etc. Find out more about these below.

Southampton at heart of plan to drive future of semiconductors vital to our technology

27th July 2023

The future of semiconductors – which are used to power billions of electrical items worldwide – will be driven by the University of Southampton after it allied with big tech businesses to develop a new generation of skilled workers. Experts from the university have joined the launch of the new…

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Guest Lecture from Simon Craske

26th April 2022

Center Co-Director, Arm Fellow and Lead Embedded Architect (and ECS alumnus) Simon Craske delivered a guest lecture for students on the second-year Computer Engineering and third-year Advanced Computer Architecture modules. Simon’s talk, entitled “Architecture to IoT” covered aspects of CPU design, verification and deployment, followed by a quick touch on…

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Radio Frequency-Enabled Multi-Source Energy Harvesting in Inaccessible Environments

29th November 2021

Dr. Mahmoud Wagih, a Research Fellow in the Arm-ECS Research Centre and the University of Southampton’s Smart Electronic Materials and Systems Research Group, has been selected as one of nine engineering researchers awarded grants to advance national security, through a £200k UK Intelligence Community (IC) Research Fellowship. The Government Office…

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Right to Repair: The First Step Towards Tackling E-Waste

25th November 2021

This Black Friday, Distinguished Engineer James Myers considers the impact Right to Repair could have on e-waste and why we need to swap ‘take-make-waste’ production models for more sustainable alternatives. This article originally appeared on Arm Blueprint. As retailers brace themselves for Black Friday – possibly the busiest day in…

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Exceptional Arm-ECS Researcher Shortlisted for TechWorks “Young Engineer of the Year” Award

23rd November 2021

Dr. Mahmoud Wagih, a Research Fellow in the Arm-ECS Research Centre and the University of Southampton’s Smart Electronic Materials and Systems Research Group, has been selected as a finalist for the “Young Engineer of the Year” award in the TechWorks Awards 2021. The Young Engineer Award publicly celebrates and promotes…

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Job Opportunity: ASIC/FPGA Electronic Design Engineer

26th October 2021

The team is recruiting a full-time ASIC/FPGA Electronic Design Engineer. The position will be based at the University of Southampton, using Arm based IP and working with peers from Arm and world-renowned Universities in Electronic Design. Full details can be found here.

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Outstanding Arm-ECS graduate claims Young Engineer of the Year accolade

18th August 2021

Former University of Southampton postgraduate research student Ben Fletcher has been named as a winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year competition. The electronic engineer is recognised for outstanding success in his early career, having advanced novel approaches for cost-effective three-dimensional integrated…

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Addressing the hardware supply chain security challenge

30th April 2021

Cyber security is a hot topic, and so it should be. With the proliferation of smart devices, we need to make sure we are protecting our data. But have you ever considered the threat to the hardware supply chain? With the complexity of modern integrated circuits (IC), it is no…

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Artificial Intelligence enhanced design to counter threats to critical infrastructure and military electronics

8th March 2021

Dr Basel Halak will enhance the security of anti-tamper embedded devices in a new Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Fellowship at the University of Southampton. The award is Basel’s second successive Industrial Fellowship with security experts at Arm. Embedded systems have become targets for hackers with smart devices prone to…