YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit on September 25 the Microlelectronic Technics Research Institute in the technopolis Zelenograd near Moscow. A higer educational master's program developed by Synopsys Armenia company will be on display in one of the pavilions. Hovik Musaelian, Director General of Synopsys Armenia, said that during the September 22 press conference, reminding that the indicated program is operating at Yerevan State University and the State Engineering University of Armenia. A total of 230 students of the microelctronic device design departments use this program in their educational process. According to H. Musaelian, in terms of its work volume, Synopsys Armenia is second among subdivisions of Synopsys company (US), a world leader in the design of microelectronic devices and the manufacture of design software. It was noted that chips designed by Synopsys Armenia are used in manufacturing 70% of memory devices of 70% of cell phones produced worldwide. The company's chips are also used in aeronautics and other spheres. As of December 2005, the company had 300 employees. According to the company's director general, over the past two years, Synopsys has installed software of 350 mln USD at two Yerevan universities where microelectronic device design laboratories were set up.

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