VLSI Design Automation. VLSI design automation, layout synthesis and logic synthesis, partitioning, placement and routing algorithms, combinational and sequential circuit synthesis.
Course includes laboratory sessions and software development.
G. Hachtel and F. Somenzi, Logic Synthesis and Verification Algorithms , Kluwer Academic Publishers, latest edition available. N. Sherwani, Algorithms for Physical Design Automation , Kluwer Academic Publishers, latest edition available. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to understand the algorithms implemented in existing CAD tools for VLSI layout and logic synthesis. Design, layout and analysis of basic combinational and sequential circuits. Programming experience in a high-level language.