A Study for a Center for Research on Integrated Sensors

集成电路的出现使廉价计算机的发展成为可能，为市场提供了前所未有的经济地获取和操纵信息的机会。下一步是将传感或数据采集集成到VLSI信号处理能力中。VLSI集成传感器的产学研合作研究中心似乎是实现上述目标的一种方法。研究人员正在研究在加州大学伯克利分校建立VLSI集成传感器工业/大学合作研究中心的可行性和可行性。正在研究备选组织、操作和政策，以及研究中的工业利益和需求。这项研究还将确定该中心是否有潜力在5年内依靠工业资金实现自给自足。

The development of inexpensive computers, made possible by the advent of integrated circuits, provides markets with unprecedented opportunities to access and manipulate information economically. The next step is to integrate the sensing or data acquisition into the VLSI signal processing capability. An Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for VLSI Integrated Sensors appears to be one approach to achieve the noted goal. Researchers are studying the feasibility and viability of establishing an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for VLSI Integrated Sensors at the University of California - Berkeley. Alternative organizations, operations, and policies are being studied as are industry's interests and needs in research. The study is also determining if the Center has the potential to become self-sufficient with industrial funding in a 5-year period.