Title :
Teaching ASIC design with FPGAs
Author :
Perkins, David M. ; Burton, Peter C M
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Technol., Southern Colorado Univ. Pueblo, CO, USA
Abstract :
The University of Southern Colorado has developed a VLSI design program that has been used in several courses and design projects. ASICs employing field programmable gate array (FPGA) technologies are used for implementation of the resulting designs. Designs of a 4-b computer, a microcode CPU, and a floating point coprocessor are discussed. FPGA reprogrammability and fast turn-around times have proven ideal for the educational environment
Keywords :
VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; digital integrated circuits; educational courses; logic arrays; logic design; teaching; 4 bit; ASIC design; FPGA; Southern Colorado; VLSI design program; courses; design projects; educational environment; field programmable gate array; floating point coprocessor; microcode CPU; reprogrammability; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Circuit testing; Education; Fabrication; Field programmable gate arrays; Process design; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1992., Proceedings of Fifth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0768-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1992.270236
