Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Workstation and Plotter for VLSI Design and Layout

工程研究设备补助金：用于超大规模集成电路设计和布局的工作站和绘图仪

• 批准号: 8705118
• 负责人: Jakob H. Hohl
• 金额: $ 2.89万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-07-15 至 1988-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8705118&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engineering; Research; Equipment; Grant; Workstation

This award will provide funds for the purchase of an engineering workstation and a multi-color pen plotter to be used for the design and layout of VLSI test chips, packages, and interconnect structures. This equipment will establish CAD capabilities of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona for the design complexities needed to support their research programs. The workstation will greatly increase the productivity of research personnel in designing and laying out all chips and substrates for these programs. The predicted increase of VLSI chip complexity by an order of magnitude every 2 to 3 years can only be realized if equally significant advances in high-performance packaging technology and in innovative design methods are achieved. Thus, this award is clearly consistent with the broad goals of the NSF equipment program.

该合同将提供资金用于购买一台工程工作站和一台多色笔式绘图仪，用于设计和布局VLSI测试芯片、封装和互连结构。该设备将建立亚利桑那大学电气和计算机工程系的CAD能力，以满足支持其研究计划所需的设计复杂性。该工作站将极大地提高研究人员为这些计划设计和布局所有芯片和基板的生产率。只有在高性能封装技术和创新设计方法取得同样显著的进步的情况下，预计VLSI芯片复杂性每2到3年增加一个数量级的预期才能实现。因此，这一奖项显然与NSF设备计划的总体目标一致。