Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems 0,

3 Credits

Modern digital chip design, with emphasis on key design concepts, methodology and flow using state-of-the-art electronic design automation (EDA) tools and standard cell libraries from the semiconductor industry. Topics include CMOS transistor operations, interconnect, dynamic/leakage power, delay, RTL coding, logic synthesis, static timing analysis, formal verification, RTL/gate level simulation and physical design. The course includes assignments built upon multiple EDA tools that are used in industry for the design of chips (including simulators, synthesizers, and those used for verification). Prerequisites: ECE 033