Teaching computer design using virtual prototyping

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 296-301

  Williams, Ronald D ^a   Klenke, Robert H ^a,b   Aylor, James H ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer design; Computer aided design; Register transfer level; VHSIC hardware description language (VHDL); Virtual prototyping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

REGISTER TRANSFER LEVEL; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0037608844     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2002.808278     Document Type: Article

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