Title :
Low cost IC prototyping from the MOSIS Service
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf. Sci., Univ. of Southern California, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California established the MOSIS Service in I981 in response to a request from DARPA to provide access to advanced IC technologies for their research community. This effort was expanded in 1985 by a joint effort between DARPA and NSF to include the submission of designs from University classes in VLSI design. Both DARPA and NSF provided funding for fabrication of these educational designs from 1985 through 1995. The funding situation changed significantly in 1994 as a result of the shrinking Federal budget. At this time, DARPA withdrew from the educational program, and NSF announced its planned withdrawal by 2000. The present status of the MOSIS Service, current technology offerings and packaging options as well as the status of the VLSI educational program are presented in this paper
Keywords :
VLSI; educational courses; electronic engineering education; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit packaging; IC prototyping; MOSIS Service; USA; VLSI design education; advanced IC technologies; educational designs; educational program; packaging options; university classes; Ambient intelligence; CMOS process; Costs; Educational programs; Fabrication; Government; Packaging; Payloads; Prototypes; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 1999. MSE'99. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0312-8
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.1999.787008
