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Pradondet Nilagupta pom@ku.ac.th Department of Computer Engineering Kasetsart University

Textbook and other references

Main Textbook Wayne Wolf, Modern VLSI Design Systems-on-Chip Design 3 rd Edition, Prentice Hall 2002. Reference Textbook Neil H.E. Weste, Kamran Eshraghian, Principle of CMOS and VLSI Design A Systems Perspective 3rd Edition, Addison Wesley 2005. David A. Hodges, Horace G. Jackson, Resve Saleh, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF DIGITAL INTEGRATED CI RCUITS 3rd Edition , Mc Graw-Hill 2004 Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang, Yusuf Leblebici, CMOS DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ANALYSIS & DESIGN 3rd Edition, Mc Graw-Hill 2003

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Course Outline

Course Overview, Introduction to VLSI CMOS Processing & Fabrication Components: Transistor, Wires, & Parasitics Logic gate,Combinational Logic Networks Sequential Machine VHDL Subsystem Design Floorplanning Architecture Design & Chip Design CAD Systems and Algorithms
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Grading Policy
Homework

Assignment Design Project Midterm Final Exam

10% 10% 40% 40%

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Introduction
What

is Digital Design Automation about? What is VLSI? Why do we have to study this subject?

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Why VLSI?
Integration
lower

improves the design:

parasitics = higher speed; lower power; physically smaller.

Integration

reduces manufacturing cost(almost) no manual assembly.

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VLSI and you

Microprocessors:
personal

computers; microcontrollers.
DRAM/SRAM. Special-purpose

processors.

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Why build integrated Circuit?

IC

Technology driving the whole innovative devices and systems which effected the way we live.

ICs are much smaller. consume less power than discrete component. easier to design and manufacture. more reliable than discrete system. can design more complex system.

The

growth of electronic industry.

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Example of VLSI application

Electronic system in cars. Digital electronics control VCRs Transaction processing system, ATM Personal computers and Workstations Medical electronic systems. etc.

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The advantageous of digital ICs over the discrete components (1/2)

Size

much smaller both transistor and wires. leads to smaller parasitic resistances, capacitances and inductances communication within the chips are much faster than between a chips on PCB. High speed of circuits on-chip due to smaller size.

Speed

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The advantageous of digital ICs over the discrete components (2/2)

Power Consumption

Logic operation within the chip consumes much less power.

smaller size -> smaller parasitic capacitances an d resistance -> require les s power to drive the circui t.

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Advantages of IC at System Level(1/2)

Smaller

Physical Size

can make a small electronic appliances. ie. portableTV, handheld cellular telephone reduce total power consumption on a whole electronic circuit. cheaper power supply which leads to a simpler cabinet for power supply. Less heat, Fan may no longer be necessary.
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Lower Power Consumption

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Advantages of IC at System Level(2/2)

Reduce

Cost
in number of components.

Reducing

Power Supply requirement. cost of building a whole system is reduce

Cabinets The

eventhough Ics cost more.

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The cost of fabrication

Current

cost: $2-3

billion. Typical fab line occupies about 1 city block, employs a few hundred people. Most profitable period is first 18 months-2 years.

Pentium 4 Northwood
55M transistors / 2-2.5GHz L=0.13m

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Cost factors in ICs

For

large-volume ICs:

packaging

is largest cost; testing is second-largest cost.

For

low-volume ICs, design costs may swamp all manufacturing costs.

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Integrated Circuit Manufacturing

Technology

Let us build a system faster, and more complex system In 1960s,Gordon Moore said that the number of transistor would grow exponentially. The number of transistors per chip has doubled about once a year . IC plant is very expensive. $2-3billion or more. Is it worth to invest in IC business?

Economics

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Challenges in VLSI design

Multiple

levels of abstraction: transistors to

CPUs. Multiple and conflicting constraints: low cost and high performance are often at odds. Short design time: Late products are often irrelevant.

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Jobs in VLSI
Layout

designers Circuit designers Architects Test engineers Fabrication engineers System designers CAD tool programmers

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VLSI CAD Societies

ACM

SIGDA of IEEE Computer Society

Special Interest Group in Design Automation Design Automation Technical Committee

DATC

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VLSI CAD Conferences

DAC

Design Automation Conference Intl Conference on Computer-Aided Design Intl Symposium of Physical Design Asia and South Pacific DAC

ICCAD

ISPD

ASP-DAC

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VLSI CAD Conferences

DATE

Design Automation and Test in Europe Intl Symposium on Circuits and Systems Intl Conference on Computer Design

ISCAS

ICCD

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VLSI CAD Journals

IEEE

TCAD TODAES

IEEE Transactions on CAD ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems

ACM

Integration,

the VLSI Journal IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems IEEE Transactions on Computers
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