Old Version of VLSI System Design

Compulsory Material

The material to be studied for this course consists of:

Slides

The slides updated for the academic year 2003-2004 have a release date later than December 2003. In addition, the date is displayed on a red background. It is the intention to update the list of slides after each lecture.

Topic
Corresponding Book Chapter
Main author(s)
Release Date
Organization - Sabih Gerez December 8, 2003
Introduction to VLSI Design Chapter 1 Wayne Wolf (*) December 3, 2002 (@)
Transistors and Layout Chapter 2 Wayne Wolf (*) December 8, 2003
Logic Gates, Delay and Power Chapter 3 Wayne Wolf (*) December 21, 2003
Combinational Logic: Critical Path, Crosstalk, Power Chapter 4 Wayne Wolf (*) January 12, 2004
Sequential Logic: Latches, Flipflops, Two-Phase Clocking Chapter 5 Wayne Wolf (*) January 12, 2004
Testing: Fault models, Test-Pattern Generation and Scan Parts of Chapters 4, 5, 7 and 10 Wayne Wolf (*) January 19, 2004
VHDL Synthesis Survey None Sabih Gerez June 25, 2001 (@)(+)
Subsystem Design: Pipelining, Shifters, Adders, ALUs, Multipliers Most of Chapter 6 Wayne Wolf (*) Feburary 16, 2004
Subsystem Design: Memories Last part of Chapter 6 Wayne Wolf (*) February 29, 2004
Register-Level and High-Level Synthesis Chapter 8 Wayne Wolf (*) March 3, 2004
High-Level Transformations None Sabih Gerez March 3, 2003 (@)
Low-Power Design None Sabih Gerez June 25, 2001 (@)
Layout Design: Floorplanning, Routing, Packaging Chapter 7 Wayne Wolf (*) February 25, 2003 (++)
Design Methodology Chapter 9 Wayne Wolf (*) February 18, 2002 (++)
Various CAD Tools Chapter 10 Wayne Wolf (*) February 25, 2002 (++)


(*) Slides slightly modified with permission of the author. Pages marked with an ocre University of Twente logo are written by Sabih Gerez for material covered by the book and those marked with a blue logo for material not covered by the book.
(@) Material not updated for acacemic year 2003-2004.
(+) The full source of information on the topic is the handout on VHDL simulation and synthesis (see above).
(++) Material not presented in the academic year 2003-2004 and not part of the examination.

Examination and Projects

The course has a study load of 100 hours. 40 of these are reserved for attending the lectures and studying the book. 60 are spent on a project. The project can be performed by an individual student or a team of two students. The results of this project combined with a short oral examination on the project and theory determine the mark for the course.

Oral Examination

The oral examination starts with a discussion on the project. The theory part of the oral examination will cover all compulsory material as mentioned above.

The goal of the examination is to verify whether the student has sufficient knowledge of the part of theory not covered by the project. There will be questions on general concepts, not on details.

The final mark for the course is the mark for the project increased or decreased by at most one depending on the performance on the theoretical part of the oral examination.

When the project has been performed by a team of two students, both participants are expected to attend the oral examinaiton simultaneously and to be able to defend all aspects of the project. They take turns in answering the questions. Depending on the defense, it may happen that the project mark is not the same for both.

Project

User accounts and passwords for the projects can be obtained from our secretary Anneke van Essen. Teams of two persons share one account. The same account is used for all projects.

The following projects are available for the academic year 2003-2004.

Project
Description
Study Load
VHD Introduction to VHDL and VHDL Simulation 2-4 hours
SYN Introduction to VHDL Synthesis 4-8 hours
ADD Adder Synthesis and Characterization 8-12 hours
SEC 2nd-Order IIR Filter Implementation rest
You are encouraged to propose an alternative design for Project SEC; contact me (Sabih Gerez) to obtain an approval for your proposal before starting to work on it.

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Last update on: Tue Feb 10 01:19:49 MET 2009 by Sabih Gerez.