Changing the World with Chips

How to Start Your Journey Towards a Purdue Semiconductor Credential

Purdue has developed two opportunities for students interested to learn more about the microelectronics industry and pursue a semiconductor concentration, minor, or certificate.

The Changing the World with Chips - Introduction to Semiconductors is an interactive, seminar based, one-credit hour course to introduce semiconductor technology, its role in our life, impact, and career opportunities to science and engineering students.

Every week there will be one fifty-minutes session where industry representatives will discuss relevant semiconductor products, company profiles, career prospects, and answer questions from students. The course is open to students from the College of Engineering, School of Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Physics and Math.

ENGR 10301 - Introduction to Semiconductors Course Flyer (PDF)

Changing the World with Chips 2024

For the speakers and lectures for 2024, please see below:

Date Course Title Sponsor/Instructor
10-Jan New Era of Semiconductor Electronics Professor Mark Lundstrom
17-Jan Semiconductor Equipment ASML
24-Jan Why GPUs are Driving the Artificial Intelligence Era NVIDIA
31-Jan Business Basics in Semiconductors Microchip
7-Feb The Intricacies of Setting up a New Fab TSMC
14-Feb NAND Flash Memory: Innovating To Keep Up With The World's Storage Needs Western Digital
21-Feb Excellence in Quality and Reliability & Intel's Impact on the Semiconductor Industry Intel
28-Feb Innovations in Semiconductor Fabrication: an Equipment Supplier's Perspective Lam Research
6-Mar Staying Ahead of What's Possible in the Semiconductor Industry Analog Device
13-Mar spring break
20-Mar Apple Silicon Engineering Profiles and Careers Apple
27-Mar Our golden age is yet to come, jump in! GlobalFoundries
3-Apr Memory Technology - the True Enabler of the AI Era SK Hynix
10-Apr Billions of Chips...Trillions of Dollars Synopsys
17-Apr Data Science in the Semiconductor Industry AMD
24-Apr Next Steps in Semiconductors at Purdue Reflect, Next steps

Changing the World with Chips 2023

For the speakers and lectures from 2023, please see below:

Date Course Title Sponsor/Instructor
11-Jan Introduction to Semiconductors Professor Hussain and SkyWater
18-Jan Semiconductor Applications in Mobile Devices Google
25-Jan Logic Microprocessor - Heart of Digital World Intel
1-Feb Memory Technology - Storing All Our Data SK hynix
8-Feb Designing Semiconductor Electronics MediaTek
15-Feb Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment ASML
22-Feb Semiconductor Modeling Tools Synopsys
1-Mar Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities GlobalFoundries
8-Mar Sustainable Semiconductor Manufacturing Processes Micron
22-Mar Emerging Electronics Applications and Semiconductors Microsoft
29-Mar Semiconductors and the Automobile Industry Tesla
5-Apr Storage and Innovation in Semiconductors WesternDigital
12-Apr Fabless Model NVIDIA
19-Apr Digital Healthcare Technology and Semiconductors Medtronic
26-Apr A New Era of Semiconductor Electronics Professor Mark Lundstrom