Research Labs

Electronic Design Automation Laboratory

Contact: Alex K. Jones

Current fabrication technologies require sophisticated tools for designers to effectively utilize the capabilities available in a single chip. The capability of current design tools currently lags significantly behind manufacturing capabilities and the gap is continuing to increase. The PittEDA Laboratory designs new tools and techniques to make the design of integrated computing systems efficient and accessible.

To be successful in creating next-generation design flows, entire systems must be designed in concert, taking into consideration the architecture, manufacturing process, and the design tools. However, for the the tools to be accessible, it is necessary to raise the level of abstraction for the design process. Areas of emphasis in the PittEDA lab include:

• Hardware design from high-level languages
• Low power synthesis
• New reconfigurable paradigms and tools
  

Computer Engineering Labs

• Electronic Design Automation Laboratory
• John A. Swanson Embedded Systems
• Optical Computing Systems
• Pittsburgh Integrated Circuits Analysis
• Radio-Frequency Prototyping and Measurements
• Radio-Frequency Shielded Facility
• Radio-Frequency Systems and Devices

Devices Labs

• Laser
• Opto-Electronics
• Planar Lightwave Circuits

Signals and Systems Labs

• Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
• Applied Signal and System Analysis

Other Labs

• John A. Jurenko Computer Architecture
• John A. Swanson Computer Interfacing
• Fiber Grating and Sensor