The course consists of 10 50-minute lectures, five given by Prof. Burleson and five by industrial guest lecturers. The objective of the course is to present modern methods for manufacturing computer systems, and methods for dealing with manufacturing issues at the design stage. Spreadsheet Analysis of manufacturing economics. DEKA manufactures electro-mechanical systems for medical applications. This lecture describes the manufacture of micromachined accelerometer chips for use in automobiles.
Microchip manufactures a family of low-cost microcontrollers and support chips.
Cadence provides CAD tools for the design and manufacture of a wide variety of electronic systems and components.