Welcome to UMBC's Cadence University Program website. Through Cadence University Program students of UMBC have access to professional CAD design tools from Cadence Design Systems. On this website you will find information on how the Cadence software products are used in the courses offered at UMBC.

Courses and cadence software bundles used

Undergraduate Courses

• CMPE 212 : Principles of Digital Design
Verification Bundle
• CMPE 310 : Systems Design and Programming
Silicon-Package-Board Bundle
• CMPE 315 : Principles of VLSI Design
Custom Integrated Circuits Bundle, Verification Bundle
• CMPE/CMSC 411 : Computer Architecture
Verification Bundle
• CMPE 414 : Principles of VLSI Design II
Digital Integrated Circuits Bundle, Verification Bundle
• CMPE 415 : Programmable Logic Devices
Verification Bundle
• CMPE 418 : VLSI Design Verification and Testing (ugrad)
Digital Integrated Circuits Bundle, Verification Bundle
• CMPE 447 : Analog Intergrated Circuits
Digital Integrated Circuits Bundle, Verification Bundle
• CMPE 450/451 : Capston I/II
Various bundles used depending on projects every semester

Graduate Courses

• CMPE 640 : Custom VLSI Design
Digital Integrated Circuits Bundle, Verification Bundle
• CMPE 641 : Topics in VLSI
Digital Integrated Circuits Bundle, Verification Bundle
• CMPE 646 : VLSI Design Verification and Testing (grad)
Digital Integrated Circuits Bundle, Verification Bundle
• CMPE 650 : Digital Systems Design
Silicon-Package-Board Bundle
• CMPE 691M : Analog and Mixed-Signal Design
Digital Integrated Circuits Bundle

Research Labs

• VLSI Design and Testing Labs
Faculty Involved: Chintan Patel, Ryan Robucci, Tinoosh Mohsenin
4 Ph.D. and 8 M.S. students
Various bundles depending on research projects

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