CSE 691 Advanced VLSI Design Spring 2015
Instructor: Professor R. Sridhar, 338K Davis Hall , E-mail: rsridhar@buffalo.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 1pm-2:30pm
Lecture: Wednesday 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, Davis 338A
Advanced VLSI Design is a
course that focuses on high performance, low power reliable VLSI Systems Design.
We present advanced topics in the design of VLSI Systems. Topics
covered include VLSI Circuit techniques and design methodologies for low power
applications, process variation and its impact on very deep submicron designs,
interconnects, clocking and synchronization, timing issues in digital
circuits, and memory & array structures. Emphasis will be on very
deep submicron CMOS designs, high speed design styles, timing, arithmetic
building blocks, impact of interconnects, signal integrity and power
consumption, with added focus on SoC (System on Chip) designs.
Prerequisites: Introductory
VLSI (CSE493/CSE593)
Reference Books:
- Digital Integrated Circuits, Jan M. Rabaey, Anantha Chandrakasan, and Borivoje Nikolic´. Second Edition, A Prentice-Hall, 2003
- Additional References: Research papers from leading Conferences and journals.
Grading: Letter grades carry the normal numerical values (90+ = A,
80+ = B, 70+ = C, 60+ = D). Curving may be applied if deemed
appropriate by the instructor. Plus/Minus grades will be given. 30%
Exam; 15% Homework ; 55% Project; Term paper
and presentation.
Miscellaneous: A project will be assigned and is due at the end of
the semester. The project will incorporate high performance VLSI
principles. A term paper and a detailed presentation are due towards the later part of the semester.
The topic for the project and the term paper will be selected
in consultation with the Professor.
All academic work must be your own. Collaboration, usually
evidenced by unjustifiable similarity in any graded work, is never allowed.
After an appropriate informal review, if any students are found in violation of
maintaining academic integrity, sanctions will be imposed, which can be as
severe as receiving an F in the course. Especially flagrant violations will be
considered under formal review proceedings, which can call for harsher
sanctions including expulsion from the University. If you ever have any
questions or concerns regarding the policy, particularly as it relates to this
course, see your instructor. The departmental statement on academic
integrity is posted at http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/graduate/policy_academic.php
It is your responsibility to maintain the security of your
computer accounts and your written work. Do not share passwords with anyone,
nor write your password down where it may be seen by others. Do not change
permissions to allow others to read your course directories and files. Do not
walk away from a workstation without logging out. These are your
responsibilities. In groups that collaborate inappropriately, it may be
impossible to determine who has offered work to others in the group, who has
received work, and who may have inadvertently made their work available to the
others by failure to maintain adequate personal security; in such cases, all
will be held equally liable.