CES 522 - VLSI Design

Unit(s): 3 Lecture: 3 hours

IC technology review, hardware description languages and describing hardware using one of the languages, modern VLSI design flow, circuit partitioning, clustering. Floorplanning, placement, global routing, area efficient design, area-time trade-offs. The course may require significant lab and/or project activity.

Grading: GRD
Prerequisite(s): CES 530 or consent of instructor.