Week |
Date |
Topic |
Readings |
1 | 01/25 | ||
01/27 | Design Partitioning | W&H 1.1 | |
01/29 | IC Fabrication | W&H 1.3, 1.6 | |
2 | 02/01 | W&H 1.4.1-1.4.8 | |
02/03 | Sequential Circuits | W&H 1.4.9 | |
02/05 | Layout | W&H 1.5.1-1.5.4 | |
3 | 02/08 | MIPS case study | W&H 1.5.4-1.5.5 |
02/10 | CMOS Transistor Theory I | W&H 1.7-1.12 | |
02/12 | W&H 2.1-2.3 | ||
4 | 02/15 | MP1 overview | W&H 2.4, 7.2 |
02/17 | Holiday | ||
02/19 | SPICE (HW1 due) | W&H 8.1-8.2 | |
5 | 02/22 | DC response | W&H 11.1-11.4 |
02/24 | Delay (1) | W&H 11.8-11.9 | |
02/26 | Delay (2) | W&H 2.5 | |
6 | 03/01 | Combinational Circuit Design, combinational_full | W&H 4.1-4.3, 4.4.1-4.4.4, 4.5.1 |
03/03 | Full slides | W&H 9.1-9.2.2 | |
03/05 | W&H 9.1-9.2.2 | ||
7 | 03/08 | Adders, Adders_Full |
Weste & Harris: 10.1-10.3.4 |
03/10 | W&H 6.1-6.2.2; 6.3.1-6.3.3; 6.4.1-6.4.2 | ||
03/12 | MP2 overview | ||
8 | 03/15 | SRAM (1) (HW2 due) | W&H 12.1-12.2.5 and 12.5 |
03/17 | Review for exam 1 | ||
03/18 | Exam 1 | From lecture 1 to lecture on Wires | |
9 | 03/22 |
SRAM (2) |
W&H 12.1-12.2.5 and 12.5 |
03/24 | Holiday |
W&H 12.4-12.7 |
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03/26 |
PLA/FSM/ROM, CAMs, ROMs, PLAs-full equations
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W&H Appendix A | |
10 | 03/29 | Modelling Digital Systems, Verilog | W&H 5.1-5.3 |
03/31 | Design for Low Power | W&H 13.1-13.4 | |
04/02 | Special Topics (MP2 cp due) | W&H: 14.3 | |
11 | 04/05 | VLSI Design Styles | W&H 7.1-7.3, 15.1-15.7 |
04/07 | Weste & Harris: 14.4 | ||
04/09 |
Circuit Pitfalls and Design for testability
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G. De Micheli, Section 2.5-2.5.1 |
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12 | 04/12 | Logic Synthesis (1) |
G. De Micheli, Section 2.5.2 D. Chen and J. Cong, "DAOmap: a depth-optimal area optimization mapping algorithm for FPGA designs," ICCAD-2004 |
04/14 | Logic Synthesis (2) | N. Sherwani 5.1-5.4, 6.1, | |
04/16 | Partitioning and Floorplanning | N. Sherwani 7-7.1, 7.4, 8-8.4, 9.1.3, 9.4.2 , Project presentations submission due | |
13 | 04/19 | MP3 overview | (MP2 due) |
04/21 | Placement and Routing | G. De Micheli, chapters 4, 5 | |
04/23 | High Level Synthesis (HLS) | supplement | |
14 | 04/26 | Student Presentations (HW3 due) | |
04/28 | Student Presentations | ||
04/30 | Student Presentations | ||
15 | 05/03 | Review for Exam 2 | Adders to HLS, could have questions from MPs and HWs. |
05/05 | Exam 2 | ||
16 | Exam day | (MP3 due) |