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EN1600 - Spring'08: Design and Implementation of VLSI Systems

• Instructor: Prof. Sherief Reda
• Scalable Computing Systems Laboratory
• Meeting Times: MWF 10:00AM to 10:50AM @ B& H 194
• Office Hours: MW 11AM to 12PM @ B & H 349 (you are welcomed to stop by any other time)

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Lectures

	Topic 1: Introduction to CMOS Logic Fri 25/1 introduction: lecture01 Mon 28/1 switching devices: lecture02 Wed 30/1 switching devices: lecture03
	Topic 2: CMOS Layout and Fabrication Fri 1/2 CMOS fabrication: lecture04 Mon 4/2 Layout design rules: lecture05 Wed 6/2 Tanner L-Edit: lecture06
	Topic 3: MOS Transistor Theory Fri 8/2 MOS transistor theory: lecture07 Mon 11/2 MOS transistor theory: lecture08 Wed 13/2 DC transfer characteristics: lecture09 Fri 15/2 SPICE: lecture10
	Topic 4: Circuit Characterization: Performance and Power Estimation Wed 19/2 Delay estimation : lecture11 Fri 21/2 Logical Effort: lecture12 Mon 25/2 Logical effort: lecture13 Wed 27/2 Power estimation: lecture14 Fri 29/2 Interconnects: lecture15 Mon 3/3 Wire engineering: lecture16 Wed 5/3 Design considerations/SPICE: lecture17 Fri 7/3 - Mon 10/3 Scaling theory: lecture18
	Topic 5: Combinational Circuit Design Wed 12/3 Static CMOS: lecture19 Fri 14/3 - Mon 17/3 Psuedo-nMOS: lecture20 Wed 19/3: Midterm Mon 31/3 Domino logic: lecture21
	Topic 6: Sequential Circuit Design Wed 2/4 Latches/FFs: lecture22 Fri 4/4 Sequential timing: lecture23 Mon 7/4 Design using S-Edit: lecture24
	Topic 7: Datapath Subsystem Design (Adders, Multipliers, etc) Wed 9/4 Adders: lecture25 Fri 11/4 Adders: lecture26 Mon 14/4 Adders: lecture27 Wed 16/4 - Fri 18/4 Shifters and multiplers: lecture28
	Topic 8: Array Subsystems: ROM/SRAM/DRAM/FLASH/FPGAs Fri 18/4 - Mon 21/4 SRAM: lecture29 Wed 23/4 - Fri 25/4 ROM/DRAM: lecture30 Fri 25/4 - Wed 30/4 PLA/FPGA: lecture31 Mon 28/4: Guest lecture by Prof. David Durfee Fri 2/5 Packaging and IO frame design: lecture32 Mon 5/5: Project Presentations Wed 5/14: Final exam 9AM at B & H 160