Introduction to EDA

Introduction to EDA, Spring 2004

ANNOUNCEMENT

Please move to new site about this course.
(May 28) The final exam is hold on Jun. 11 (Fri.) at E1-110.
(Feb. 26) The courses at next week (3/1~3/5) are cancelled.

INSTRUCTOR: Chien-Nan Liu

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

TEACHING ASSISTANT

Hsiu-Wen Li, Office: E1-012 (ext:4586), Email: pipm@ms26.url.com.tw

COURSE SCHEDULE

Introduction to electronic design automation (4 hrs)
High-level synthesis (2 hrs)
Logic Synthesis (6 hrs)
Formal verification (6 hrs)
Physical design (15 hrs)
- Partitioning
- Floorplanning
- Placement
- Routing
- Compaction
- Deep-submicron effects
Testing (12 hrs)
Simulation (4 hrs)

LECTURE NOTES

Syllabus (Feb. 18, 2004)
Supplement to BDD (Mar. 26, 2004)
Mail me to ask for the PDF files if you are the students of this course.

PROJECTS

The choice for final project is still increasing. Please pick ONE problem you like most and complete the program as early as possible.
Project 3-1
Project 3-2
Project 3-3
Project 3-4
Project 5-1
Project 5-2
Project 5-3

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: May 28, 2004