Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems

3 Credits

Design methodologies for digital systems using a modern hardware description language. Algorithmic, architectural and implementation aspects of arithmetic processing elements. Design of Complex Instruction Set (CISC), Reduced Instruction Set (RISC), and floating point processors. Synthesis, simulation and testing of processors with computer-aided design tools. Students in some sections may, on permission, fabricate VLSI chips via MOSIS.