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- From: bouldin@cs.utk.edu (Don Bouldin)
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- Subject: Tuition-Free Short Courses for Faculty
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 11:38:43 -0500
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- DESIGNING MICROELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
- USING FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS
-
- 5-Day, Tuition-Free Short Courses for Faculty Enhancement
- Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
-
- June 21-25, 1993 and August 16-20, 1993
- Sacramento, CA Knoxville, TN
- California State University University of Tennessee
-
-
- Course Description:
-
- Two five-day short courses are being offered to introduce to
- faculty new techniques for designing microelectronic systems that
- can be rapidly prototyped using field-programmable gate arrays
- (FPGAs). Thus, an FPGA-based system can be taken from initial
- specification to a working implementation involving all the steps
- in the design, simulation and testing cycle.
-
- Laboratory exercises will permit each participant to complete a
- project that can be taken home. Also, each participant will re-
- ceive a "starter kit" containing class notes, reprints, sample
- completed projects and instructions on how to obtain discounted
- or donated vendor hardware and software.
-
- These courses are sponsored by the National Science Foundation
- (NSF) for U.S. faculty only. No tuition will be charged and all
- meals and lodging expenses will be borne by the NSF. Partici-
- pants will be responsible for their own transportation. Applica-
- tions must be received by March 15, 1993.
-
- Course Participation:
-
- These courses are intended for those faculty whose primary du-
- ties lie in undergraduate teaching. Most participants should or-
- dinarily have a minimum of three years of undergraduate teaching
- experience, preferably in electrical engineering, computer en-
- gineering or computer science. However, it is expected that there
- will be a small number of participants from community colleges,
- high schools, or allied disciplines. Participants having taught
- relevant courses in the recent past and planning to introduce
- FPGA topics to either existing or new courses will be given
- priority for the limited number of seats in the course.
-
- These courses differ from those offered by FPGA and CAD tool ven-
- dors for industrial customers since these faculty enhancement
- courses emphasize the educational possibilities of using FPGAs to
- design microelectronic systems.
-
- Prospective participants must submit an application to attend.
- Deadline for receipt of applications is March 15, 1993. Partici-
- pants will be notified of acceptance by April 15, 1993, and pro-
- vided with details on how to obtain evaluation copies of vendor
- software. Thus, prior to the course, each participant will have
- the opportunity to become familiar with the software installation
- and some of the introductory laboratory exercises.
-
- A user group of the participants will be formed following these
- courses. Communication will be conducted on a regular basis us-
- ing electronic mail. During 1994, a special session will be or-
- ganized at a professional conference for the participants to
- present results of their experiences and to share lessons
- learned.
-
-
-
- Course Objectives:
-
- Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- (1) understand the most educationally significant options in
- designing microelectronic systems using FPGAs, (2) acquire
- public-domain and commercial CAD software and educational materi-
- als, (3) understand the design process including architectural
- partitioning, logic design and synthesis using a hardware
- description language and schematics, simulation, physical
- placement/routing, functional testing using a rapid-prototyping
- breadboard, and (4) subsequently develop or refine curricula and
- materials for other FPGA-related courses.
-
- Different Laboratory Environments:
-
- The lecture sessions at both sites will be almost identical since
- the same instructors will present the material in both cases.
- Both sites will use SPARCs running UNIX, X-Windows, and Viewlogic
- VHDL. In Knoxville, the SPARCs will be used for Viewlogic
- schematic capture, followed by the options of Xilinx FPGA, Actel
- FPGA, or MOSIS standard-cell implementations. In Sacramento,
- 486/386-based DOS systems will be used for Viewlogic schematic
- capture and XABLE logic equation entry, followed by only Xilinx
- implementation and experimentation.
-
- Instructors:
-
- Dr. Don Bouldin is an IBM Professor of Electrical and Computer
- Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He served
- as an instructor for three faculty enhancement workshops on VLSI
- design held at the Massachussets Microelectronics Center in
- 1990-92. He is special Section Editor of the ``VLSI Designer's
- Interface'' column for IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine.
-
- Dr. Jerry Dillion is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at
- California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). He retired after
- teaching 14 years at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in Electronic En-
- gineering, and 17 years at CSUS. He served for 16 months as Pro-
- gram Director of Systems Prototyping and Fabrication for the NSF
- and organized the 1990 NSF FPGA Workshop.
-
- Other Course Offerings:
-
- For computer science faculty whose primary interest is in logic
- synthesis or CAD tools, the NSF is sponsoring two other courses
- that will be held in June 1993 in Starkville, MS. For details,
- contact Prof. Bob Reese by telephone at (601)-325-3670 or via
- email at reese@erc.msstate.edu.
-
-
-
- Course Outline:
-
- Monday, Day 1
-
- Microelectronic Systems
- Technology Choices
- Fabrication of ICs
- FPGA Applications
- Design Flow
- Schematics Lab
-
- Tuesday, Day 2
-
- System Partitioning
- Logic-based Design
- Clocking
- Simulation
- Simulation Lab
-
- Wednesday, Day 3
-
- Hardware Description Languages
- Specifying Behavioral Control
- Specifying Structural Components
- Synthesis Lab/Demo
-
- Thursday, Day 4
-
- Physical Design
- Identifying Critical Paths
- Design for Testability
- Xilinx Rep. Presentation
- Placement and Routing Lab
-
- Friday, Day 5
-
- Retargeting
- Actel Rep. Presentation
- Acquiring CAD Software
- Future of FPGAs
- Rapid Prototyping Lab
-
-
-
- ==================================================
-
- EMAIL APPLICATION FORM
- Submit to: bouldin@sun1.engr.utk.edu
- by March 15, 1993
-
- "DESIGNING MICROELECTRONIC SYSTEMS USING FPGAS"
-
- 5-Day Short Courses for Faculty Enhancement
- Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
-
- Site Preference: CA ____ TN ____ Either ____
-
- Name: ____________________________________________
-
- University: ______________________________________
-
- Institution Type: 4-yr ____ 2-yr ____ Other ____
-
- Department: ______________________________________
-
- City, State & Zip: ______________________________
-
- TEL: _____________________________________________
-
- FAX: _____________________________________________
-
- EMAIL: ___________________________________________
-
- Highest Degree: ______ Major: ______ Year: _____
-
- Minority Status: _________________________________
-
- Years Teaching Experience: _______________________
-
- Planning FPGA Course(s): Yes ______ No ______
-
- Univ. Will Pay Transportation Costs: Yes ______ No ______
-
- Univ. Will Pay Participant's Salary: Yes ______ No ______
-
- Univ. Will Support FPGA Course: Yes ______ No ______
-
- Your Dept. Head Must Approve This EMAIL Application
- Prior to Submission.
-
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