Computer Aided Design and Test Laboratory

计算机辅助设计与试验的重大改进 实验室已开始支持一个新的未成年人在VLSI系统 计算机工程与电气工程 工程学士学位电气和计算机学位课程 工程部。 一个大容量文件服务器，两个 数字ASIC（专用集成电路）测试仪， 一个逻辑分析仪，八个主机控制的功能测试仪， 静电放电和其他次要外围设备正在被 添加到现有的实验室。 这种增强允许 介绍最先进的计算机辅助设计 实践融入超大规模集成电路系统工程课程 minor. 这个未成年人是全国第一个这样的计划， 强调大规模硬件设计的系统方法 和开发，并利用计算机辅助设计，分析 以及用于快速原型设计和设计评估的测试工具。

A major enhancement of the Computer-Aided-Design and Test Laboratory has begun to support a new minor in VLSI Systems Engineering for the Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering B.S. degree programs of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. A large-capacity file-server, two digital ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) testers, a logic analyzer, eight host-controlled functional testers, and electrostatic plotter and other minor peripherals are being added to the existing laboratory. This enhancement allows introduction of the state-of-the-art computer-aided-design practices into the curriculum of the VLSI System Engineering minor. This minor is the first such program in the nation, and emphasizes the systems approach to large-scale hardware design and development, and the use of computer-aided-design, analysis and test tools for rapid-prototyping and evaluation of designs.