Vertical Integration of System-on-Chip Concepts in the Digital Design Curriculum

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 des...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on education 2011-05, Vol.54 (2), p.188-196
Main Authors: Ying Tang, Head, Linda M, Ramachandran, Ravi P, Chatman, Lawrence M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessments
Boundaries
College Instruction
College Students
Comparative Analysis
Computer architecture
Computer Science Education
Computer Software
Computer System Design
Computers
Curriculum Development
Curriculum Evaluation
Curriculum Implementation
Design
Design engineering
Digital
Digital circuits
Education
Electronics
Engineering Education
Evaluation Methods
Evolution
Hardware
Hardware design languages
Information Technology
Instructional Effectiveness
Interdisciplinary Approach
Internet
IP (Internet Protocol)
Laboratories
microcontrollers
New Jersey
Programming
Protocols
Software
Student Surveys
System on chip
System-on-a-chip
System-on-Chip (SoC)
Systems Approach
TCP (protocol)
Undergraduate Study
vertical integration
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0018-9359
1557-9638
DOI:10.1109/TE.2010.2050773