Press Releases / Pressemitteilungen

cfaed Presents New Microchip ‘Tomahawk 2’ at DATE’14 Conference in Dresden

Press Release No 8

Published on Fri, 21 Mar 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

The Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) presents its new microchip ‘Tomahawk 2’ at the DATE’14 Conference in the International Congress Center Dresden from March 24 to 28, 2014. The new Tomahawk is extremely fast, energy-efficient and resilient. It is a heterogeneous multi-processor which can easily integrate very different kinds of devices.

cfaed Research Festival: Professor De Micheli talks about ‘Cyberphysical Systems’

Press Release No 7

Published on Tue, 18 Mar 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

During the cfaed Research Festival on 20 March, the Professor Giovanni De Micheli gives a talk on “Technologies and Platforms for Cyberphysical Systems”. The connotation ‘Cyberphysical Systems’ comprises different mobile and embedded devices combining computer-technical and physical aspects.

TU-Professor Gerhard Fettweis Presents ‘Tactile Internet’ at CeBIT

5th Generation of Mobile Communications (5G) Basis of ‘New Level of Digital Revolution’
Press Release No 6

Published on Mon, 10 Mar 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

“It is nothing less than a new level of the digital revolution“, Professor Gerhard Fettweis, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems of Technische Universität Dresden, says. The coordinator of the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) is heading a common initiative by German research institutes and industrial companies presented at the German computer fair CeBIT in Hannover on March 10^th, 2014. Globally, multi-billion amounts are invested in this area of research – e.g. by the notion of 5th Generation of Mobile Communications (5G).

cfaed scientist Robert Brückner receives the Emanuel Goldberg award for his PhD thesis

Further awards for Hans Kleemann and Bernhard Siegmund
Press Release No 5

Published on Thu, 06 Mar 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

On 7 March, cfaed scientist Robert Brückner receives the Emanuel Goldberg Award for his excellent PhD thesis in the area of organic electronics, completed at the Institute for Applied Photo Physics (IAPP).The prize with a value of € 2,000 is also awarded to Hans Kleemann, who completed his doctoral degree at the same institute. F

„Saxony was my favorite next to Silicon Valley.“

cfaed attracts PhD students from all over the world: 80 students from 12 countries
Press Release No 4

Published on Tue, 11 Feb 2014 in PRESS RELEASES

“Saxony was my favorite next to the Californian Silicon Valley”, Siavash Ghiasvand says, an ambitious 28-year-old PhD student of computer science from Tehran. The Iranian applied for PhD positions in the USA and in Dresden. “Here are so many computer companies producing really top hardware. This is an optimal base for me as a software specialist.”