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

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

89

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronic Systems Education, 1999. MSE'99. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0312-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSE.1999.787052

Filename

787052