HDL and FPGA Training
Verilog, VHDL, SystemC and FPGA TrainingBlue Pacific Computing is a training company specializing in the Hardware Description Languages and FPGA's. For the past ten years we have been teaching Verilog, VHDL, and SystemC for the University of California at San Diego and at companies such as Synopsys, Cadence, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell, Alcatel, Nortel, Mitel, Nokia, Philips, ARM and many others. We have recently added FPGA design.The Book: Hardware Design for Software People in the SoC EraSteve Watkins, one of the co-founders, has written a book to support our training:Hardware Design for Software People in the SoC Era: Verilog, VHDL, SystemC and Matlab*. The book was written with software engineers, programmers and managers in mind who want to understand chip and product design at the Electronic System Level (ESL) in the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Era. It emphasizes hands-on lab projects in Verilog, VHDL and SystemC using free EDA design tools, with a special emphasis on FPGA design. It is also intended to help managers and engineers struggling with global resource issues, such as managing outsourcing or remaining employed in the wake of outsourcing. Click here to view the Table of Contents and part of Chapter 1 of the book. Click here to download the Labs and Solutions source code presented in the book.
Ordering The BookThe book is available from the UCSD Bookstore for $30. It is currently available only from UCSD, but we hope to have it in other bookstores in the coming months. To best way to order the book is by phone. It can be ordered online, but their online process is not user friendly. To order:
PressCheck out the EE Times article on the book by Richard Goering in the November 21, 2005 issue. The article provides some back ground information on Blue Pacific and our hopes for the book.UCSD ClassesSteve and Kam have taught many classes at UCSD Extension in San Diego, California. They are not teaching classes this quarter. Click here to see the latest schedule of UCSD Extension classes under Semiconductor Design in the Engineering Section.On-Site and Public SeminarsBlue Pacific also offers on-site and public "Hardware Design for Software People" Seminars. No public seminars are currently scheduled. Click here for more information on these seminars or contact Blue Pacific.All the seminars are based on the book, and provide an introduction to all four Hardware Description Languages (Verilog, VHDL, C/C++ and Matlab*), and the basic hardware IC technologies (ASIC's, Structured ASIC's, FPGA's and ASSP's/Platforms).
About Blue PacificBlue Pacific Computing was founded in 1996 in San Diego by Steve Watkins and Kam Wong to provide training, ASIC consulting services and low-cost EDA tools.Kam has over 15 years experience in the semiconductor and wireless system areas. He received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from UCSD and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UCSB. Kam recently founded Silicon Whiteboard. See www.siliconwhiteboard.com for more information. Steve has over 25 years experience in the semiconductor and wireless system areas. He received a B.S. from the California Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Computer Science from UCSD and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UCSD. He is spending most of his time at Qualcomm doing RF and mixed-signal modeling with Cadence AMS. He is also a distributor for Market America, a global Internet-based company with a broad range of products and services, ranging from Web development and telecom to health care. See www.marketamerica.com/bluepacific for more information. Steve is continuing his music career on a part-time basis playing rock, roots and blues with the Railheads. The Railheads have recorded three CD's, and they occasionally play local San Diego bars and coffee houses. See www.therailheads.com for further details.
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* Matlab is a trademark of the Mathworks. The beach scene is Claude Monet's "The Beach at Sainte-Adresse", 1867.
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