[CAnet - news] Cyber-infrasructure for advanced RF systems design launched over CA*net 4

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[Some excerpts from press release - BSA]

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2006/07/c3554.html

CMC Microsystems (CMC), the University of Manitoba and leaders from
industry, government and academia officially opened the Advanced RF Systems
Laboratory-the second of four specialized test labs in Canada's unique
$23-million National Microelectronics and Photonics Testing Collaboratory.
It represents a key building block in Canada's 'cyber-infrastructure',
bringing world-class test capability and expertise from Winnipeg to hundreds
of microsystems researchers across the country.

    Researchers and graduate students at 21 Canadian universities will use
this world-first virtual laboratory and its interactive, multimedia
connections to access some of the best available test tools and technologies
in the world. Together, the labs that comprise the Collaboratory will
address one of the main roadblocks facing university researchers: access to
sophisticated and costly equipment required to test and validate
high-performance microsystems; a prerequisite for moving new,
multi-disciplinary discoveries to market more quickly. Managed by CMC, this
pan-Canadian initiative will ultimately provide companies a competitive edge
in the multi-billion dollar microsystems and photonics sectors by enabling
the development of highly qualified people required by industry. The future
applications of these technologies will deliver economic and social benefits
to all Canadians.

    "The Collaboratory brings scientific research into the 21st century,"
says Dr. Brian Barge, President and CEO of CMC Microsystems. "Regardless of
physical location, researchers will have access to the same advanced
capabilities to validate concepts faster, thereby increasing their R&D
output and narrowing the gap between technology development and market
deployment. Microsystems technologies enable products and services in all
sectors from health care to aerospace, energy, automotive, environment, and
information and communications."

    "Through the Internet-specifically CA(*)net 4, a high speed research and
educational network managed by CANARIE-remote researchers will have the same
virtual control as if they were actually in the lab performing the test by
hand," says Dr. Greg Bridges, Principal Investigator of the Advanced RF
Systems Lab, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the
University of Manitoba. "Remote researchers will be able to control the test
equipment signals and collect measurement data and remotely visualize the
chip as seen through a microscope and position the probes used for testing."

    The Advanced RF Systems Lab contains state-of-the-art digital equipment
from Agilent Technologies Canada Inc., Anrtisu Electronics Ltd., and Cascade
Microtech Inc. The equipment enables researchers to test and validate the
type of radio frequency chips that are embedded inside wireless
communicationdevices that we depend on everyday to keep us connected,
informed and safe. These products range from cellular phones and handheld
data assistants, to automotive collision avoidance radar, medical imaging
devices and security equipment.
    
    The Collaboratory received major funding from the Canada Foundation for
Innovation, the Manitoba Research and Innovations Fund, and the Governments
of Ontario and Québec.




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