VLSI Workshop and Project: February-November 1982.

Abstract

At regular intervals, the CSIRO VLSI Program coordinates the production of multiproject very large scale integrated circuit chips, in n-mos technology, using the Mead-Conway design method. The author attended the first Workshop conducted in support of this activity, and designed a successful digital circuit project which became part of the first such chip. This report describes the Workshop, the project, the circuit design, the performance estimation and measured performance. It also covers the difficulties encountered in transfering the computer software design tools, supplied by the Program in a form suitable for the VAX computer operating system, to the main-frame IBM 3033 system in use at DRCS. Keywords: Integrated circuits; Chips (electronics); Computer aided design; Manufacture. (Australia).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA157129

Entities

People

  • J. Hayward

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Analysis
  • Circuit Testers
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Circuits
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronics
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Large Scale Integrated Circuits
  • Logic Gates
  • Operating Systems
  • Production
  • Semiconductors
  • Test Equipment
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wiring Diagrams

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Computer Science.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics