6.884 | Spring 2005 | Graduate

Complex Digital Systems

Course Description

This course is offered to graduates and is a project-oriented course to teach new methodologies for designing multi-million-gate CMOS VLSI chips using high-level synthesis tools in conjunction with standard commercial EDA tools. The emphasis is on modular and robust designs, reusable modules, correctness by …
This course is offered to graduates and is a project-oriented course to teach new methodologies for designing multi-million-gate CMOS VLSI chips using high-level synthesis tools in conjunction with standard commercial EDA tools. The emphasis is on modular and robust designs, reusable modules, correctness by construction, architectural exploration, and meeting the area, timing, and power constraints within standard cell and FPGA frameworks.
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Notes
NAND gate diagram.
NAND gate layout from Lecture 3: CMOS Technology and Logic Gates. (Image by Professors Arvind and Asanovic.)