TY - GEN
T1 - VLSI design courses enhanced by industrial participation
T2 - Proceedings of the 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
AU - Schauerte, Frank J.
AU - Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Hoda S.
AU - Carlen, Edwin
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Two upper-level VLSI courses were taught with the same philosophy: all aspects of the design and fabrication process must be considered, and success evaluated with finished prototypes. The ultimate path to a silicon chip is important, even if not readily achievable in a single semester VLSI course project. Both course instructors had significant industrial research experience, which generated a `seeing is believing' attitude towards course projects. A mixture of industrial and academic concerns were addressed in VLSI design. Electronic design automation tools are essential for integrated circuit (IC) prototypes, and are compared at each university. Individual student projects from the fall term, 1992, were presented at General Motors Research, in a minisymposium which also included a tour and discussion about the operation of the clean room available at GM Research.
AB - Two upper-level VLSI courses were taught with the same philosophy: all aspects of the design and fabrication process must be considered, and success evaluated with finished prototypes. The ultimate path to a silicon chip is important, even if not readily achievable in a single semester VLSI course project. Both course instructors had significant industrial research experience, which generated a `seeing is believing' attitude towards course projects. A mixture of industrial and academic concerns were addressed in VLSI design. Electronic design automation tools are essential for integrated circuit (IC) prototypes, and are compared at each university. Individual student projects from the fall term, 1992, were presented at General Motors Research, in a minisymposium which also included a tour and discussion about the operation of the clean room available at GM Research.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0027709774
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0027709774
SN - 0780317610
T3 - Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
SP - 840
EP - 846
BT - Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
PB - Publ by IEEE
Y2 - 16 August 1993 through 18 August 1993
ER -