CAD for VLSI Design

CAD for VLSI Design, Spring 2003

ANNOUNCEMENT

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(Jun. 25) The final grade has been announced at E1-334.
(May 27) The final exam is scheduled on 6/17 (Tuesday) at E1-118.
(Apr. 30) The course at May 6 (Tuesday) is cancelled for IC contest.
(Feb. 25) The course at March 4 (Tuesday) is cancelled.
(Feb. 20) The classroom for the course on Wednesday is changed to E1-124.

INSTRUCTOR: Chien-Nan Liu

Chien-Nan's Homepage
E-mail Chien-Nan at jimmy@ee.ncu.edu.tw

TEACHING ASSISTANT

Wen-Tsan Hsieh, Office: E1-358 (ext:4576), Email: s0521061@cc.ncu.edu.tw
Ching-Ji Huang, Office: E1-358 (ext:4576), Email: s0521068@cc.ncu.edu.tw

COURSE SCHEDULE

Introduction to CAD tools in the VLSI design flow
Logic and switch level simulation
Logic Synthesis
Floorplanning
Placement
Routing
Project presentation

LECTURE NOTES

Syllabus (Feb. 11, 2003)
lecture 1 (Introduction, Feb. 14, 2003)
lecture 2 (Logic Simulation, Feb. 14, 2003)
lecture 3 (Spice Simulation, Feb. 25, 2003)
lecture 4 (Logic Synthesis, Feb. 25, 2003)

HOMEWORKS AND PROJECTS

Program Assignment 1 (Due: Apr. 29, 2003)
Final Project (Due: Jun. 16, 2003)

OTHER INFORMATION

Research Groups on Design Automation
Conferences Related to Design Automation
Journals related to Design Automation
ACM web site
ACM SIGDA (Special Interest Group on Design Automation)
ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems
ACM/SIGDA Newsletters
IEEE web site
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Spectrum
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Companies
Chip Implementation Center (CIC), Taiwan
Electronic Engineering Times/Taiwan web site
Electronic Engineering Times Online
Electronic Buyers' News web site
EDN-Asia web site
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For any questions, send e-mails to jimmy@ee.ncu.edu.tw

Last modified: Jun. 25, 2003