An Undergraduate Laboratory for Digital Systems and VLSI

该项目将为计算机科学、计算机工程、微电子工程和电气工程的本科生提供设计、实施和测试重要数字系统的机会。它将为一个新的计算机体系结构实验室提供必要的设备。本实验室将主要供两个新本科专业的学生使用：计算机科学的3门课程的数字系统设计专业和计算机工程的2门课程的超大规模集成(VLSI)设计序列。它将被微电子工程专业的学生用来对RIT制造的集成电路(IC)进行功能测试。三个新的计算机辅助设计(CAD)工作站将在功能、逻辑、开关和电路级别提供原理图捕获和模拟。它们还将包括电路板布局、布线和布局以及集成电路布局的功能。第四个工作站将用于测试板和IC。它包括32位图形生成和状态分析。其他设备包括示波器和2个多总线计算机系统。多总线系统将为学生设计的板卡提供计算机接口。示波器将用于分析和调试电路板和其他电路。该项目将极大地提高计算机科学专业学生在硬件和嵌入式系统方面的能力。它将使计算机工程专业的学生在涉及VLSI组件的完整系统设计方面拥有丰富的经验。它还将为这两个学科的大四学生提供新的本科生研究机会。

This project will provide undergraduate students in computer science, computer engineering, microelectronic engineering, and electrical engineering the opportunity to design, implement, and test significant digital systems. It will provide the necessary equipment for a new computer architecture laboratory. This laboratory will be used primarily by students in two new undergraduate concentrations: the 3- course digital systems design concentration in computer science and the 2-course very large scale integration (VLSI) design sequence in computer engineering. It will be used by microelectronic engineering students to provide functional testing of integrated circuits (IC's) fabricated at RIT. Three new computer aided design (CAD) workstations will provide schematic capture and simulation at the functional, logic, switch, and circuit level. They will also include capabilities for board placement, routing, and layout, as well as integrated circuit layout. A fourth workstation will be used for testing boards and IC's. It includes 32 bits each of pattern generation and state analysis. Additional equipment includes oscilloscopes and 2 multibus computer systems. The multibus systems will provide the computer interface for boards designed by students. The oscilloscopes will be used to analyze and debug boards and other circuits. The project will produce computer science students with greatly increased competence in hardware and embedded systems. It will result in computer engineering students who have considerable experience in the design of complete systems involving VLSI components. It will also provide new undergraduate research opportunities for seniors in both disciplines.