Computer Architecture and Arithmetic Laboratory

This laboratory is devoted to teaching and research in the areas of computer architecture, computer arithmetic, application-specific processing, wireless communication, and compiler design.

The Lab has:

• 3 Sun UltraSPARC II workstations

• 3 Sun UltraSPARC I workstations

• 2 Intel Pentium(TM) Pro PCs

• Over 50 Gigabytes of disk space

• Logic Analyzers

• Function Generator

• Multimeters

• Logic State Analyzers

• Power Supplies

• Altera FPGA EVM Board

• and other equipment for testing digital circuits.

• Software packages for digital design and simulation, including
  • The Mentor Graphics Tool Suite.
  • The Wisconsin Architectural Tool Set.
  • Altera MaxPlus2 FPGA Design System.
  • Synplicity's Synplify Tool Suite.
  • Model Sim Plus VHDL Compiler/Simulator.
  • Berkeley PSpice 3f4.
  • Berkeley SIS Tools.
  • Simplescalar Architecture Simulator.

Funding

The laboratory receives support from:

• The National Science Foundation.

• Sun Microsystems Inc.

• Lucent Technologies

• Sandia National Laboratories

• The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation