Collaborative VLSI-CAD Instruction in the Digital Sandbox

Author

Jones, Alex K. ; Levitan, Steven ; Rutenbar, Rob A. ; Xie, Yuan

Author_Institution

Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

fYear

2007

fDate

3-4 June 2007

Firstpage

141

Lastpage

142

Abstract

This paper describes a graduate level, collaboratively taught VLSI Computer-aided Design (CAD) course concurrently offered between the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). The course leveraged computing facilities at each of the three universities provided by The Technology Collaborative (TTC), formerly the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse, called the Digital Sandbox.

Keywords

VLSI; educational courses; educational institutions; electronic engineering education; integrated circuit design; technology CAD (electronics); Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse; The Pennsylvania State University; The Technology Collaborative; University of Pittsburgh; VLSI Computer-aided Design course; collaborative VLSI-CAD instruction; computing facilities; digital sandbox; Algorithm design and analysis; Boolean functions; Collaboration; Data structures; Design automation; Minimization methods; Productivity; Programming profession; Radio access networks; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronic Systems Education, 2007. MSE '07. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2849-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSE.2007.29

Filename

4231488