ARPA/CSTO Rapid VLSI Implementation

Abstract

The task objective was to provide rapid access to cost effective, state of the art US Microelectronics Industry fabrication technology for DoD customers and the educational community. This access was provided through the establishment of a prototyping service for use by the DARPA and NSF research communities which offered access to a variety of technologies unobtainable from a single fabrication source. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) had the goal of providing state-of-the-art VLSI fabrication services and electronic systems assembly technology to DoD customers and the educational community to ensure that DoD has access to low-cost, advanced electronic assemblies, and to ensure that the country's newly emerging engineers will be able to support military needs in the area of electronics. The first task was to provide VLSI fabrication to DoD and DARPA supported contractors who have need of custom chips and assemblies. The second task was to provide this same technology to NSF-sponsored activities, under DARPA guidance

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA269170

Entities

People

  • Cesar A. Pina

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Crystal Structure
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fabrication
  • Information Science
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Manufacturing
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Semiconductors
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics