EE 4650: Digital VLSI Design
(Cross-listed with CPRE 4650).
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: EE 3300
Digital design of integrated circuits employing very large scale integration (VLSI) methodologies. Technology considerations in design. High level hardware design languages, CMOS logic design styles, area-energy-delay design space characterization, datapath blocks: arithmetic and memory, architectures and systems on a chip (SOC) considerations. VLSI chip hardware design project.
(Typically Offered: Fall)