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A practical one-semester “VLSI design” course for computer science (and other) majors

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 31, Issue 1

Pages 237 - 241

https://doi.org/10.1145/384266.299769

Published: 01 March 1999 Publication History

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This paper describes the development and content of a "VLSI Design" course. We had two main goals for the course: to develop a one-semester course for computer science (and other) majors, and to give the students practical experience with real industrial tools. To meet those goals, we provided only enough material on logic design and IC operation to orient the students, focused on FPLD-based design, and used high-quality design tools. We also found a wealth of free material available on the web, including course information, entire textbooks, and extensive technical data.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 31, Issue 1

March 1999

370 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/384266

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John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY

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SIGCSE '99: The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 1999
383 pages
ISBN:1581130856
DOI:10.1145/299649
Chairmen:
Jane Prey
Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville
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Bob Noonan
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

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Beg A(2013)Automatic generation of characterization circuits - An application in academia2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)10.1109/FIE.2013.6684909(661-664)Online publication date: Oct-2013
https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2013.6684909
Hoffman M(2004)An FPGA-based digital logic lab for computer organization and architectureJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1060081.106010819:5(214-227)Online publication date: 1-May-2004
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1060081.1060108
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