CSE 691 Advanced VLSI Design Spring 2011
Instructor: Professor R. Sridhar, 338K Davis Hall , E-mail: rsridhar@buffalo.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 1pm-2:30pm
Lecture: Wednesday 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM, Bell 337
Advanced VLSI Design is a
course that focuses on high performance, low power reliable VLSI Systems Design.
We present advanced topics in the design of VLSI Systems. Topics
covered include VLSI Circuit techniques and design methodologies for low power
applications, process variation and its impact on very deep submicron designs,
interconnects, clocking and synchronization, timing issues in digital
circuits, and memory & array structures. Emphasis will be on very
deep submicron CMOS designs, high speed design styles, timing, arithmetic
building blocks, impact of interconnects, signal integrity and power
consumption, with added focus on SoC (System on Chip) designs.
Prerequisites: Digital Systems, Digital Electronics, Introductory
VLSI.
Reference Books:
- Digital Integrated Circuits, Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and Borivoje Nikolic´. Second Edition, A Prentice-Hall, 2003
- Design of high-performance microprocessor circuits / Anantha Chandrakasan, William J. Bowhill, Frank Fox, Editors, IEEE Press, 2001
- Additional References: Research papers from leading Conferences and journals.
Grading: Letter grades carry the normal numerical values (90+ = A,
80+ = B, 70+ = C, 60+ = D). Curving may be applied if deemed
appropriate by the instructor. Plus/Minus grades will be given. 30%
Exam; 15% Homework ; 55% Project; Term paper
and presentation.
Miscellaneous: A project will be assigned and is due at the end of
the semester. The project will incorporate high performance VLSI
principles. A term paper is due at the end of the semester on a current
topic in VLSI and the student will give a presentation based on the term paper
to the class towards the end of the semester. The topic will be selected
in consultation with the Professor.
