The purpose of the 30-station Sun/Agilent Training Center is to provide an educational platform for simulations of circuit designs. The training rooms provide capabilities for simulation and layout of advanced integrated circuits as well as full-wave 3-D simulations for passive and active integration.

The lab contains advanced workstations running state-of-the-art computer assisted design (CAD) and simulation software. The high speed processors -- many machines feature multi-processors -- and advanced visualization capacities of these workstations enable the design of innovative, complex, high-performance, cutting-edge integrated circuits and systems that are the basis of next generation communication equipment.

Industry can access the room to provide training to faculty and students on new applications and testing applications.

Designers in the lab develop the following technologies: modeling and design of advanced circuits and modules, circuit layouts and mask design, electromagnetic simulations, design tool development, layout optimization and package design.