Tóm tắt - hai thập kỷ qua đã chứng kiến một sự bùng nổ công nghệ kỹ thuật, do một phần lớn để thiết kế các công cụ tự động hóa. Nó rõ ràng là các kỹ sư cần phải học cách sử dụng những công cụ này, nhưng chúng tôi sẽ nhấn mạnh rằng nó cũng không kém phần quan trọng cho các kỹ sư để tìm hiểu những nguyên tắc khi những công cụ này. | Electrical Design Automation An Essential Part of a Computer Engineer s Education Peter M. Maurer Department of Computer Science Engineering University of South Florida Tampa FL 33620 Abstract - The past two decades have seen an explosion in engineering technology due in large part to design automation tools. It is obvious that engineers need to learn to use these tools but we would insist that it is equally important for engineers to learn the principles upon which these tools are based. Such knowledge allows engineers to play an active role in the development of new tools and to formulate realistic expectations about future developments in design automation. We identify three major areas of electrical design automation physical design automation simulation and high-level synthesis. We have developed course requirements for each area and provide a list of important topics within each area. For each of the areas we identify textbooks and other educational materials. We also provide recommendations for laboratory exercises and provide pointers to course materials on the world wide web. Introduction. Every year the explosion in the computer industry continues as one technological barrier after another is surpassed. Every year the experts predict that the limits of current technology will be reached soon. Every year the experts are proven wrong. Indeed even the rate of change is accelerating every year with one revolutionary new technology being introduced on the heels of another. A new generation of processors becomes available before the preceding generation can be fully exploited. A hard disk that was considered top-of-the-line just two years ago is now obsolete and unavailable. The technological revolution is not confined to the computer industry. The computer industry is only the most visible tip of a universal explosion in technology that is occurring in virtually every field of engineering. Complex electronic devices of all kinds are becoming available at lower
