Title :
Infrastructure and course progression for complex IC design education
Author :
Franzon, Paul D. ; Lui, Wentai ; Gloster, Clay ; Schaffer, Toby ; Glaser, Alan ; Stanaski, Andy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
The ability to cope with design complexity is an important skill for computer engineers, especially potential system on a chip design engineers. Complexity has many facets, including gate count, the ability to handle multiple disciplines simultaneously, and the ability to cope with complex CAD tools. Teaching complexity also requires considerable investment in tool flows, design examples and tutorials. Here, the approach used at North Carolina State University, USA, is described and illustrated
Keywords :
circuit CAD; circuit complexity; educational courses; electronic engineering education; integrated circuit design; teaching; USA; complex CAD tools; complex IC design education; computer engineers; course progression; design complexity; design examples; educational infrastructure; gate count; multiple disciplines; system on a chip design; tool flows; tutorials; university; Chip scale packaging; Computer science education; Design automation; Design engineering; Digital systems; Hardware design languages; Investments; Laboratories; Systems engineering and theory; Systems engineering education;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 1999. MSE'99. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0312-8
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.1999.787052
