Week |
Date |
Topic |
Readings |
1 | 01/20/2020 |
Holiday |
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01/22/2020 | Introduction | W&H 1.1 | |
01/24/2020 | Design Partitioning | W&H 1.3, 1.6 | |
2 | 01/27/2020 | Combinatorial Circuits | W&H 1.4.1-1.4.8 |
01/29/2020 | Sequential Circuits | W&H 1.4.9 | |
01/31/2020 | IC Fabrication | W&H 1.5.1-1.5.4 | |
3 | 02/03/2020 | Layout, full_layout | W&H 1.5.4-1.5.5 |
02/05/2020 | MIPS case study | W&H 1.7-1.12 | |
02/07/2020 | CMOS Transistor Theory I (MP0 Due) | W&H 2.1-2.3 | |
4 | 02/10/2020 | W&H 2.4, 7.2 | |
02/12/2020 | MP1 overview | ||
02/14/2020 | SPICE (HW1 due) | W&H 8.1-8.2 | |
5 | 02/17/2020 | Adders, Adders_Full | W&H 11.1-11.4 |
02/19/2020 | Datapath, Datapath_full | W&H 11.8-11.9 | |
02/21/2020 | DC response | W&H 2.5 | |
6 | 02/24/2020 | Delay | W&H 4.1-4.3, 4.4.1-4.4.4, 4.5.1 |
02/26/2020 | W&H 9.1-9.2.2 | ||
02/28/2020 |
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W&H 9.1-9.2.2 | |
7 | 03/02/2020 |
Full slides (MP1 Due) |
Weste & Harris: 10.1-10.3.4 |
03/04/2020 | Wires , full | W&H 6.1-6.2.2; 6.3.1-6.3.3; 6.4.1-6.4.2 | |
03/06/2020 | MP2 overview | ||
8 | 03/09/2020 | SRAM (1) (HW2 due) | W&H 12.1-12.2.5 and 12.5 |
03/11/2020 | Review for exam 1 | ||
03/12/2020 | Exam 1 (7:30-9pm, room ECEB 3013) | From lecture 1 to lecture on Wires | |
03/14-03/22 | Spring Break | ||
9 | 03/23/2020 |
SRAM (2) |
W&H 12.1-12.2.5 and 12.5 |
03/25/2020 | PLA/FSM/ROM, CAMs, ROMs, PLAs-full equations |
W&H 12.4-12.7 |
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03/27/2020 | Modelling Digital Systems, Verilog | W&H Appendix A | |
10 | 03/30/2020 | Design for Low Power | W&H 5.1-5.3 |
04/01/2020 | Special Topics | W&H 13.1-13.4 | |
04/03/2020 | VLSI Design Styles (MP2 cp due) | W&H: 14.3 | |
11 | 04/06/2020 | Circuit Pitfalls and Design for testability | W&H 7.1-7.3, 15.1-15.7 |
04/08/2020 | Weste & Harris: 14.4 | ||
04/10/2020 | Logic Synthesis (1) |
G. De Micheli, Section 2.5-2.5.1 |
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12 | 04/13/2020 | Logic Synthesis (2) |
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 |
04/15/2020 | Partitioning and Floorplanning | N. Sherwani 5.1-5.4, 6.1, | |
04/17/2020 | Placement and Routing (MP2 due) | N. Sherwani 7-7.1, 7.4, 8-8.4, 9.1.3, 9.4.2 , Project presentations submission due | |
13 | 04/20/2020 | MP3 overview | |
04/22/2020 | High Level Synthesis | G. De Micheli, chapters 4, 5 | |
04/24/2020 | Student Presentations | ||
14 | 04/27/2020 | Student Presentations (HW3 due) | |
04/29/2020 | Student Presentations | ||
05/01/2020 | Review for Exam 2 | ||
15 | 05/04/2020 | Exam 2 (Venue and time TBD) | SRAM to High Level Synthesis, could have questions from MPs. |
05/07/2020 | (MP3 due) |