Digital System in Nanometer Nodes
(2-0-3-3)
CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 3 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): VLSI Systems and Digital Design
Course Coordinator: Saibal Mukhopadhyay
Prerequisites: ECE4130 or ECE6130 or ECE4420 or ECE6430
Catalog Description
An advanced treatment of design challenges, such as, power, variability, and reliability, associated with digital integrated circuits and systems in nanometer nodes.Course Outcomes
Not Applicable
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Outcome 1 (Students will demonstrate expertise in a subfield of study chosen from the fields of electrical engineering or computer engineering):
1. Explain the challenges of designing VLSI systems
2. Explain operations of nanometer scale MOSFETs
Outcome 2 (Students will demonstrate the ability to identify and formulate advanced problems and apply knowledge of mathematics and science to solve those problems):
1. Analyze advanced integrated circuits
Outcome 3 (Students will demonstrate the ability to utilize current knowledge, technology, or techniques within their chosen subfield):
1. Apply state-of-the-art practices to design low power and robust VLSI systems
Topical Outline
1. Introduction
2. Device operations in nanometer nodes:
3. Power dissipation and low-power design
4. Variation tolerant design methodologies
5. Reliability-aware design methodologies
6. Power distribution
7. Thermal challenges
8. Alternate computing models
9. Review of an example state-of-the-art industrial VLSI design