• Course Description
  
  This object of this course is to provide students a broad background on VLSI and design technology. The
  course will focus on three major topics: VLSI technology, HDL, computer architecture and EDA. Students will
  learn the layered abstraction of design technology and the corresponding simulation/analysis
  methodology from ground up: transistor, gate-level design, combinational/sequential modules,
  microarchitecture, and processor cores.
  
  
• Reference book (not required)
  
  
  
  
  
  1. CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective, 4th Edition, Neil Weste, David Harris, Addison
     Wesley, 2010
     
     
  2. Digital Design and Computer Architecture, RISC-V Edition, Sarah Harris David Harris, Morgan Kaufmann,
     July 2021
     
     
  
  
  
• Teaching method
  
  In-class Lectures.
  
  
• Syllabus
  
  There are a total of 16 Weeks. Each part is 4-week. There will be an exam for each part.
  
  
  
  
  
  1. Part 1. VLSI technology and analog design
     
     CMOS transistor, CMOS Processing Technology, analog circuits.
     
     
  2. Part 2. Logic design and HDL
     
     CMOS Logic Gates, Combinational logic, CMOS latches and flip-flops, sequential blocks, memory.
     
     
  3. Part 3. Computer architecture
     
     RISC-V ISA, Single-cycle processor, Pipelined processor, Memory hierarchy.
     
     
  4. Part 4. Electronic design automation
     
     Cell-based design, timing and power analysis, clock tree and power grid, floorplan and routing.
     
     
  
  
  
• Evaluation
  
  4 Exams * 25%
  
  
• Website
  
  eeclass.nthu.edu.tw