A course in VLSI semicustom design in a small school environment

Author

Rucinski, Andrzej

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Hampshire Univ., Durham, NH, USA

Volume

31

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

5/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

100

Abstract

A semicustom very large-scale integration (VLSI) course tailored to small university capabilities is described. The novel feature of this course is its close cooperation between the class, a computer-aided design (CAD) manufacturer, and a silicon vendor. The semester-long course includes two 1.5 h lectures per week. The lab was organized on an open-door basis. Students were allowed to enter the lab twenty-four hours per day. The project-oriented course was designed to enable students to: become familiar with the theoretical aspects of custom-specific circuits; go through a VLSI design cycle from specification to silicon layout; learn to use a personal computer-based workstation as a design and simulation tool; become familiar with different approaches to semi-custom design; and work on real designs by cooperating with a local industry

Keywords

VLSI; circuit CAD; educational courses; CAD manufacturer; VLSI design cycle; VLSI semicustom design; custom-specific circuits; local industry; personal computer-based workstation; silicon vendor; small school environment; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer simulation; Design automation; Educational institutions; Large scale integration; Silicon; Very large scale integration; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.2290

Filename

2290