Article
Vertical Integration of System-on-Chip Concepts in the Digital Design Curriculum
IEEE Transactions on Education
(2011)
Abstract
The rapid evolution of System-on-Chip (SoC) challenges academic curricula to keep pace with multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary system thinking. This paper presents a curricular prototype that cuts across artificial course boundaries and provides a meaningful exploration of diverse facets of SoC design. Specifically, experimental contents of a digital flow SoC product design-a simplified Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) stack-are systematically developed and implemented in the series of courses that comprise the Digital Design track of the Rowan Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) curriculum. The System-on-Chip project and its progressively more complex laboratory modules are described and discussed. Its implementation in the existing ECE curriculum is also presented along with the assessment results.
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 1, 2011
DOI
10.1109/TE.2010.2050773
Citation Information
Ying Tang, Linda M. Head, Ravi P. Ramachandran and Lawrence M. Chatman. "Vertical Integration of System-on-Chip Concepts in the Digital Design Curriculum" IEEE Transactions on Education Vol. 54 Iss. 2 (2011) p. 188 - 196 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ying-tang/31/