Title :
Teaching VLSI design in 10 weeks
Author :
Guthaus, Matthew R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Abstract :
Since the mid-1980´s, the most successful VLSI design courses have implemented a rigorous ldquohands onrdquo approach. While such methods are amenable to semester programs (over 15 weeks), they are incredibly challenging to implement in a quarter system (10 weeks or less). This paper describes the approach that has been successfully used for 3 years at UCSC. The course is a self-contained single quarter with a significant project. This is made possible by meticulous scheduling and a challenging pace.
Keywords :
VLSI; educational courses; electronic engineering education; integrated circuit design; UCSC; University of California schools; VLSI design teaching; self-contained single quarter course; semester program; time 10 week; time 3 yr; Adders; Books; Computer crashes; Design automation; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 2009. MSE '09. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4407-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4406-9
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.2009.5270833
