Digital Integrated Circuits 2

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This follow-on course focuses on the design and implementation of digital integrated circuits using FinFET technology. Students will engage in a project-based learning experience, designing a simple RISC-V processor by midterm and customizing it through adding an accelerator to it for their final project. The course covers advanced topics such as high-performance adders, multipliers, bit-serial computation, and prepares students for the complete IC design flow culminating in a tapeout. Students will learn techniques for designing, testing, and implementing different functional blocks that make up an application specific circuit. Building upon the design exercises introduced over the semester, students will then implement high-level design techniques and optimizations for their blocks within a larger chip. The lectures will be formal presentations of course material with design examples as well as design reviews of student designs. Several guest lectures will be included from industry leaders.