TI announces '97 DSP Solutions Challenge

Grand prize remains US $100,000!

TI has announced it will once again host the DSP Solutions Challenge in 1997, the project-based contest for university students around the world. The contest entry requires an original TMS320 DSP design, which must operate as a functional application, and an original software program (if applicable) to be submitted to TI. The '97 contest is open to full-time university students at the undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. level, 18 years of age or older.

Prizes for the contest are:

• Grand Prize-US $100,000
• Finalist Prize-US $10,000
• Semi-final Prize-US $1,000

The advising professor of the grand-prize winning team also receives US $15,000 and a six-month sabbatical with TI DSP.

Also, just by being a participant, TI will include your résumé into the DSP Talent database service. This service provides prospective employers with résumés of students with DSP experience who can fill summer, co-op, and full-time positions.

Attention professional engineers-Get your alma mater involved!

The '95 Challenge, the first ever worldwide contest of its kind, received entries from more than 230 teams representing more than 700 students in 26 countries. The grand-prize-winning entry was from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

To get more information, see
http://www.ti.com/sc/dsp_challenge

or contact your local design contest headquarters listed below for complete rules and conditions. Contest dates are October 1, 1996-October 31, 1997. Abstracts are due by May 31, 1997, and final projects are due October 31, 1997.

Contest headquarters locations and divisions:

Territory I-North America/Canada/ Latin America

Territory II-Europe

Territory III - Asia

Territory III - Japan