Advanced Digital Systems Design

3 Credits

VLSI architecture and algorithms; design strategies; design methodologies; system-level design; area/delay/power trade-offs; high performance systems; multi-chip modules; low-power design; hardware/software co-design; design for testability, design for manufacturability; algorithm, architecture, and component design for adaptive computing systems; prototype system development and test, possible chip fabrication by MOSIS and subsequent chip testing.