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| Previous course: C4370 |
| Offered by:
Department of Information Technology
(IT) |
| No credit points with: C4370 |
| Prerequisite: 49260 |
| Recommended semester:
7th - 9th semester |
| Scope and form: 2 lectures per week for 7 weeks, 2 afternoons with exercises. Project approx 2,5 points. |
| Examination:
Evaluation of report (½) an 2 hour written exam (½)
(13 point scale
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Remarks: Both the report and the written exam must be passed with a least grade 5.
An alternative day for the exam can be arranged. |
| Contact person: |
Steen Pedersen, IT, Building 343, Tel. +45 4525 3746 |
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| Aim: 1) to enable the students to design large VLSI circuits, (2) to enable the students to choose computational and control structures which utilise the VLSI technology effectively. (3) to practise a structured "top-down" approach to the design of complex digital systems. |
Contents: Lecture part - The interplay between algorithm/architecture and VLSI technology, illustrated by presentation of selected examples. Principles of system timing. Design of high speed circuits. System with a high degree of parallellism (pipelining, systolic structures etc). Structured design of digital circuits and systems.
Design project - The design project consists of designing a selected part of a digital system, using modern CAD tools. The design process encompasses for instance: functional specification and simulation, using a hardware language (eg. VHDL), stepwise refinement, testability considerations, circuit implementation, using module generators, standard cells and custom-made building blocks.
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