Competition winners: VDE President Alf Henryk Wulf (left) and Dr. Tina Klüwer from the BMBF (right) congratulate Nikolai Burov on his first-place finish.
| Hannibal / VDE(Berlin/Frankfurt a. M., 27.11.2024) The winners of the nationwide INVENT a CHIP (IaC) competition impressively demonstrate that the next generation is already in the starting blocks to develop the technologies of tomorrow. Ten students who designed the best microchips with their own voice control and artificial intelligence (AI) were honored in Berlin yesterday evening. The aim of the competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) is to promote young talents who enjoy science, mathematics and technology. The great interest in future technologies was reflected in the high number of participants: around 2,000 pupils from 169 schools throughout Germany took part in this year's microchip competition. Nikolai Burov (16) from Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Cologne took first place with a prize of 2,000 euros.