Title :
ASIC education at Tampere University of Technology
Author :
Tenhunen, Hannu ; Korpiharju, Tapio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
The ASIC education program at the Tampere University of Technology is discussed. The design tools, educational activities, and foundry services are described. Hardware description languages and system-level simulations are adopted from basic design courses to shift the emphasis in education from layout-level descriptions towards ASIC system oriented designs at undergraduate level. Silicon foundry services through FINCHIP, NORCHIP, and EUROCHIP with field programmable gate array structures from Xilinx and Actel are utilized
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; educational courses; ASIC education; Actel; CAD; EUROCHIP; FINCHIP; FPGA structures; NORCHIP; Tampere University of Technology; Xilinx; design courses; design tools; education program; field programmable gate array; foundry services; hardware description languages; system oriented designs; system-level simulations; undergraduate level; Application specific integrated circuits; Educational technology; Electronic equipment testing; Gas discharge devices; Laboratories; Logic design; Modems; Seminars; Signal processing; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Seminar and Exhibit, 1990. Proceedings., Third Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1990.186158
