The MSRC Design and Prototyping Laboratory provided equipment and software supporting microelectronic system design projects. CAD tools for design & simulation of microelectronic ICs, for simulation of microfabrication processing, and instrument control were available. A full range of electronic instrumentation for testing devices, circuits & systems was available as was a PC-board prototyping system for building multiple-IC systems. This laboratory was renamed the Laboratory for Advanced Information and Computational Systems later, reflecting its primary research activities while continuing its earlier support for studies related to advanced physical technologies.