COURSE OVERVIEW
Full Course Title: Chip Design Instructional Hours (Contact Hours): 30
Course Description:
Bring this world to great change of IC’s Design concepts of different IP cores including all peripherals in a single chip.
These disciplines stay digital design to competitive careers for semiconductor world. Extended course & certification
programs combine theoretical knowledge with practical EDA transformation for involving technologies of the future.
Goal of this course is to get an ideas on Chip Design concepts and Fabrication Technologies. Students will learn from
scratch to new-rich of IC Design concepts.
Learning Outcomes:
● By the end of this course, students will be able to:
● Learn concepts of VLSI Design like CMOS & FinFET technology
● Get idea on HDL languages for the RTL designs
● Gain knowledge about how a chip can be constructed
● Experience Chip Design process & Manufacturing ideas
● Learn Multiple Cores including a Microcontroller, Microprocessor, Digital Signal Processor or an application –
specific instruction set processor.
Learning Activities:
☒ Class Discussions/Discussion Boards ☒ Student Projects
☒ Peer-to-Peer Work (pairs, small groups) ☒ Readings
☒ Written Assignments (reports, essays) ☒ Textbook/Workbook Exercises
☒ Case Study Analysis ☐ Other: Click to enter
Methods of Assessment/Grading Criteria:
☒ Class/Discussion Boards Participation ☒ Individual Projects/Presentations
☒ Written Assignments (reports, essays) ☒ Group Projects/Presentations
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Course Topics:
● VLSI, SoC & FPGA Architecture
● Languages- VHDL, System Verilog, Verilog & Chisel
● RTL Design Concepts and Coding Guidelines
● Verification Methodology
● FPGA Programming and Implementation
● EDA Tool (OpenROAD) understanding with LAB Facilities
● Synthesis to GDSII flow using OpenROAD
● Release to Chip Fabrication
Prerequisites:
Previous knowledge of general Oops Concepts language related Electronics Topic,Transistor ,CMOS or equivalent is
required before taking this course.
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