Clearinghouse for undergraduate microelectronics education: what have we learned?

Author

MacDonald, Bonnie L. ; Cunningham, David J. ; Gold, Richard B.

Author_Institution

Massachusetts Microelectron. Center, Westboro, MA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

12-14 Jun 1991

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

23

Abstract

The Massachusetts Microelectronics Center (M²C), with support from the National Science Foundation, has established the Clearinghouse for Undergraduate Microelectronics Education (CUME) to support VLSI education programs at universities throughout the United States. The primary objective of CUME has been to increase the number of microelectronics education programs in the United States via a rapid start-up or bootstrap method. One year into the program, 20 universities have joined, and M²C has identified several important trends in VLSI education as well as issues related to providing multi-platform software support to remote sites. The authors discuss those trends and issues, making some recommendations for future national programs with an emphasis on shared resources and cooperation with industry

Keywords

VLSI; education; integrated circuit technology; monolithic integrated circuits; CUME; Massachusetts Microelectronics Center; VLSI education programs; bootstrap method; multi-platform software support; undergraduate microelectronics education; universities; Computer science education; Design automation; Design methodology; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Investments; Management training; Microelectronics; Very large scale integration; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, 1991. Proceedings., Ninth Biennial

Conference_Location

Melbourne, FL

ISSN

0749-6877

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0109-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UGIM.1991.148113

Filename

148113