Workshop on “Recent trends in VLSI and Embedded System Design”

The department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, in association with ISTE Faculty Chapter of SMVITM, organized a 3-day workshop on the topic “Recent trends in VLSI and Embedded System Design using Xilinx ZYNQ-7000 and Mentor Graphics EDA tools”, from 11 to 13 July 2016 in the college premises. Mr. G Prakash, Technical Support Specialist from CoreEL Technologies Bengaluru was the resource person. Faculties from E&C and E&E Engineering from different engineering colleges and the office bearers of ISTE faculty chapter attended the workshop and enhanced their knowledge.

On the first day, Mr. G Prakash focused on the fundamentals of VLSI chip design methodology along with the concepts of ASIC full-custom and semi-custom design, which was followed by hands-on on Mentor Graphics tool for Simulation and Layout design. On the second day, he briefed the participants about the 7-Series Architecture and the basics of Vivado design flow, which was followed by hands-on on creating HDL and Embedded system design flow and its constraints. On the last day of the workshop, the resource person focused on debugging of system design using Vivado logic analyzer and SDK, and introduced high-level synthesis with Vivado HLS.

Earlier, inaugurating the workshop, Sri Rathnakumar, Secretary of Shri Sode Vadiraja Mutt Education Trust said that faculty members should regularly participate in such workshops in order to enhance their knowledge, and thereby contribute to the growth of the institution. Prof. Dr. Thirumaleshwara Bhat, Principal of SMVITM congratulated the department for organizing such events in the college during every semester. Prof. Dr. Balachandra Achar, HOD of ECE department, welcomed the resource person and the participants. Assistant Professor Mr. Aruna M S, readout the company profile, while Ms. Kalavathi Nayak introduced the resource person to the gathering. The program started with a prayer by Ms. Dhanyashree and ended with the vote of thanks by Mr. Rajesh Nayak. Ms. Sowmya Bhat compered the program, and Mr. Chetan R. coordinated the workshop.