Title :
Rapid prototyping, is there an educational dilemma? [ASIC design]
Author :
Rucinski, Andrzej
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Hampshire Univ., Durham, NH, USA
Abstract :
Diverse ASIC programs have been established in more than 100 universities across the United States. In most schools, however, the focus is placed on full-custom VLSI rather than semicustom VLSI design. An emerging infrastructure in VLSI seems to favor the first of the two mentioned design styles. A familiarization with these types of rapid prototyping by the prospective electrical engineers is an important issue in education. A treatment of this issue is presented
Keywords :
VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; education; ASIC programs; United States; education; full-custom VLSI; rapid prototyping; semicustom VLSI design; universities; Application specific integrated circuits; Computer science education; Costs; Design automation; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Integrated circuit technology; Logic design; Prototypes; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Seminar and Exhibit, 1990. Proceedings., Third Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1990.186159
