UCI Extension Selects ICtips.com for Its First Online Engineering Courses; Cites Web Access as Key Advantage for Its Distance Learning Program.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999-- UCI UCI University of California, Irvine UCI Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union) UCI Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos UCI United Cinemas International (UK) Extension (Irvine, CA) and ByteK Designs, Inc. (Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , CA), a design services and training company in the EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. and semiconductor industry, today announced their agreement to offer a series of online engineering courses. These courses are part of UCI Extension's distance learning program through ByteK's knowledge-based web-site www.ictips.com. UCI Extension's online distance learning courses are of benefit to engineers because they offer an alternative to on-campus classes. Participants can work at their own pace wherever and whenever they wish. The courses are hosted at the ICtips.com web-site to avoid the hassle of installing and maintaining the class. Taher Abbasi, Vice-President of Products and Technology at ByteK Designs, said, "We are happy to work with forward-thinking educational institutions like UCI Extension to improve the engineering community's knowledge base with 24 by 7 online electronic design courses." ByteK's Design for Test (DFT DFT - discrete Fourier transform ) and ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. Synthesis courses are the first online engineering technology classes to be offered by UCI Extension as part of its distance learning program. Mario Vidalon, Director of UCI Extension Engineering, Information and Science Technologies notes, "We are working with ICtips.com, the leading web-site for Web-based knowledge solutions for the engineering community, to make these courses available to engineers all over the world. While online education may not replace traditional classroom education, it will enhance it in a number of ways by giving people more options and access -- and that is our goal with these online courses." ByteK and UCI Extension at the Online Learning Conference At booth No. 560 this week at the Online Learning Conference in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , demonstrations of the Web-based classes are available. Course developers and instructors will be available to answer questions. For information about the Conference visit www.onlinelearning99.com. About the Web-based Engineering Courses ASIC Testing Using Scan and Boundary Scan See scan technology. boundary scan - The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the Techniques This Web-based course covers Scan and boundary scan DFT techniques. ASIC Synthesis Using Synopsys This Web-based training course covers all aspects of logic synthesis flow based on the Synopsys Design Compiler. Both courses are currently open for enrollment. Visit www.unex.uci.edu for more information or to register. About UCI Extension UCI Extension utilizes the resources of the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine to provide continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). to over 30,000 students each year. UCI Extension operates as an independent nonprofit division of the University of California, Irvine without state funds. With more than 2,000 professional and personal enrichment courses, 40 certificate programs and specialized studies offered annually, UCI Extension is a major source for continuing education in Orange County. To request a UCI Extension catalog, call 949/824-5414 or visit www.unex.uci.edu About ByteK The founders of ByteK Designs are from leading EDA software companies and semiconductor design houses. They have published two books: It's the Methodology, Stupid! and Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys. They have been in the classroom training business for the over two years, have done training work and course development for Avant!, Cadence, Synopsys, Viewlogic, and Chrysalis chrysalis (krĭs`əlĭs): see pupa. and have taught design classes for the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC UCSC University of California, Santa Cruz (since 1965; Santa Cruz, California) UCSC University of South Carolina UCSC University of Colombo School of Computing (Colombo, Sri Lanka) ) Extension, UC Irvine and Cal State University, Northridge. Earlier this year ByteK launched www.ICtips.com, one of the electronic design industry's first knowledge-based Web site. Contact ByteK Designs, Inc. at 953 Industrial Ave., Suite 108, Palo Alto, CA 94303 650/813-1230, FAX 650/813-1428 or visit www.bytekinc.com. Note to Editors: UCI Extension and ByteK acknowledge trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services. Acronyms: ASIC: Application Specific IC DFT: Design-for-Test EDA: Electronic Design Automation IC: Integrated Circuit |
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