Electronic Design Automation & VLSI Laboratory

Overview

Located in Room 305 of the Photonics Building
PHO305 Calendar

Description

The VLSI Instructional Laboratory of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is involved in almost all aspects of digital design. We have a wide range of CAD tools available for student use, including Cadence, Synopsys, and the NCSU Design Toolkit.

Courses Supported

EC311/312, EC401, EC463/464, EC551, EC571, EC580, EC582, EC700-A1

Hardware

30 Dell Optiplex GX620 workstations
2GB ram
3GHz Pentium D processors
24″ 1920×1200 Dell monitors
HP 4350DN LaserJet printer

Lab Software

BU Linux 5 (Monde)
Matlab
Cadence
- IC5141 (5.10.41.500.4.64) main ic package
- IC612 (not yet supported by MOSIS)
- ASSURA317, SOC710, IUS81, SPB1601
BiCMOS7WL: (IBM_PDK for MOSIS chip development)
- Current version is V1.5.0.2DM
Synopsys
- sold, syn, css, tx
Mentor Graphics ModelSim SE 6.2c*
Comsol
NS (network simulator)
- ns-allinone-2.29
- ns-wireless-2.1b7a
Acrobat Reader
GraphViz 3.6.1
Java 1.6

Faculty Contacts

Allyn Hubbard, Ronald Knepper

Staff Contacts

James Goebel

News »

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