  As the pace of progress that has followed Moore's law continues to diminish,
it is critical that the US support Integrated Circuit (IC or chip) education
and research to maintain technological innovation. Furthermore, US economic
independence, security, and future international standing rely on having
on-shore IC design capabilities. New devices with disparate technologies,
improved design software toolchains and methodologies, and technologies to
integrate heterogeneous systems will be needed to advance IC design
capabilities. This will require rethinking both how we teach design to address
the new complexity and how we inspire student interest in a hardware systems
career path. The main recommendation of this workshop is that accessibility is
the key issue. To this end, a National Chip Design Center (NCDC) should be
established to further research and education by partnering academics and
industry to train our future workforce. This should not be limited to R1
universities, but should also include R2, community college, minority serving
institutions (MSI), and K-12 institutions to have the broadest effect. The NCDC
should support the access, development, and maintenance of open design tools,
tool flows, design kits, design components, and educational materials.
Open-source options should be emphasized wherever possible to maximize
accessibility. The NCDC should also provide access and support for chip
fabrication, packaging and testing for both research and educational purposes.
