Arm offers free access to IP and resources for both Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M3 for teaching and research - backed by the world's No.1 ecosystem of SoC development tools, software, and support.
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DesignStart for University enables educational use of Arm technology through university courses, labs and student projects. Arm's research group provides technology and custom SoC support for use in academic research projects. Arm supports universities with:
- Teaching materials and hardware platforms
- Software development tools and Arm technology and IP
- Resources for educators, students and researchers
Different versions of DesignStart for University are available, enabling universities, educators, students and researchers to choose the most suitable option for them.
|
Feature |
DesignStart Eval |
DesignStart SoC Design Education Kit |
DesignStart Pro Academic |
SoC Design and Protoyping Research Enablement Kit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suitable for | Teaching and research | Teaching Arm-based SoC design | Advanced research with design and production rights (up to 1,000 chips for internal use) |
Research into custom IP |
| Available to | University educators | University educators and researchers | Educators, researchers and students |
Academics and researchers |
| License |
Access to end-user license agreement |
Access to end-user license agreement | Access to end-user license agreement |
Access to end-user license agreement |
| Access | Instant access |
Register using university email address |
Register using university email address |
Instant access |
| Technology Package |
Full subsystem RTL and fixed-configuration, synthesizable CPU RTL |
A complete 10-14 week course package (includes lecture slides, lab manuals, and project code with solutions) | Access to the full RTL for the Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M3 CPU's and their systems, with design and production rights for your research projects. Full subsystem and CPU RTL |
Instructional whitepaper, code and DesignStart Eval |
| Learn More |
"Using the Cortex-M0 DesignStart in our studies has led to industry interest in our research results."
- Professor Andrew Kahng, University of California San Diego (UCSD)
"DesignStart enables educators to make the giant leap from incomplete, simple educational examples to real-world, industry-leading IP technology as the foundation of our future education."
- Dr Matthew Swabey, Director of the Bechtel Innovation Design Center, Purdue University
