Why is VLSI design still fun? Get to work on crazy new applications of IC technology. For example: CMOS Bio-Sensors

The VLSI design funnel. Figure 1.2 (p.4) General overview of the design heirarchy.

What is VLSI? Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits Systems Very-large-scale integration (VLSI) is the process of creating integrated systems by combining billions of transistors into a single chip.

To introduce the concepts and techniques of modern integrated circuit design (CMOS VLSI). To provide experience designing integrated circuits using Commercial Com-puter Aided Design (CAD) Tools …

Introduction to VLSI Technology: Integrated Circuit (IC) technology. The first IC was designed by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments at the beginning of 1960 and since that time there have already been four …

VLSI Design styles: Full-custom, Standard Cells, Gate-arrays, FPGAs, CPLDs and Design Approach for Full-custom and Semi-custom devices, parameters influencing low power design.

Multiple Power Domains in VLSI 1.1 Motivation chips with billions of transistors on a single die. T is allows the designer to create compl a chip (SoCs) with multiple functions. To facilitate this …