ECE 558 Introduction to VLSI Design

ECE 658 (NTU IC740-A) VLSI Design Principles

Lecture 14 (Fall 2005)  

• Discussion of Final Projects (http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/vspgroup/burleson/courses/558/VLSI_project_ideas.doc)
• Mid-semester Evaluation (http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/vspgroup/burleson/courses/558/midsemeval.doc)
  
  
• Design Methodologies (Chapter 8)

• Design Productivity Gap
• Y Chart (Behavioral, Structural, Geometric representations)
• Re-use Techniques
• Standard Cells
• PLAs

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Coming up in next lecture:

• More of chapter 8 after slide 28