COMP 268 - Spring 2005

COMP 268: VLSI Design

Spring 2005

Tues. and Thurs., 3:30-4:45pm, SN325

Course Description

Lecture 0 (Jan 13-18) [ppt]

Introduction

Lecture 1 (Jan 20-25) [ppt]

CMOS Circuits and Layout

Lecture 2 (Jan 27) [ppt]

Microprocessor Example

Lecture 3 (Feb 1-3) [ppt]

MOS Transistor Theory

Lecture 4 (Feb 8-10) [ppt]

	DC and transient response
	Lab 1 (parts library): Due Feb 22, 2005.
	Website for downloading Electric CAD tool

Lecture 5 (Feb 15-17) [ppt]

Logical effort

Lecture 8 (Feb 22) [ppt]

Combinational Circuits

Lecture 9 (Feb 24, Mar 3) [ppt]

	Circuit families
	Dynamic and domino logic
	Pass transistor and LEAP logic
	Lab 2: Due Mar 10, 2005.

Lecture 10 (Mar 8-10) [ppt]

	Sequential circuits
	Problem Set 1

Lecture 11 (Mar 10) [ppt]

	Adder designs
	Lab 3: Due Mar 24, 2005.

Lecture 12 (Mar 22-29) [ppt]

Datapath Functional Units

Lecture 13 (Mar 31) [ppt]

Memory Design: SRAM

Lecture 14 (Apr 5) [ppt]

CAM, ROM and PLA's

Lecture 16 (Apr 7) [ppt]

	Pop Quiz: Circuit Pitfalls
	Lab 4: Due Apr 19, 2005.
	Useful files for Lab 4: std_mudd.lib, std_mudd.db, controller.v, controller.cmd, alucontrol.cmd, controller_sol.vhdl.

Lecture 18 (April 12) [ppt]

Design for Low Power

Lecture 17 (April 14) [ppt]

	Design for Testability
	Lab 5 (final lab) -- MIPS processor: Due April 29, 2005.
	Useful files for Lab 5: mips.cmd, mips_sch.arr, mips_lay.arr, muddpads11_ami05.elib.

Lecture 19 (April 19-21) [ppt]

Design for Skew (high performance)

Lecture 20 (April 21) [ppt]

Package, Power and I/O

Lecture 21 (April 26-28) [ppt]

Scaling and economics

Lecture 23 (May 3)

	Case Study: Intel microprocessors [ppt]
	Review: Logical Effort (Lecture 5) [ppt]
	Problem Set 2