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This is a three credit course listed under four course listings to Electrical Engineering (EE) and Computer Engineering (CSE) and undergraduate (40462) and graduate (60462) students.

Instructor: Prof. Peter Kogge in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Office Hours: Monday 1-2 and Thursdays 11-12, or by appointment

See Administration page for information on grading, etc.

Honor Code: ND Honor Code. CSE Guide to Honor Code

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Final Exam: Wed. 12/12, 10:30am-12:30pm, 125 DeBartalo

This week in VLSI Design

Week 13: Nov. 27-29

Tuesday: Start of Logical Effort
Thursday: Student Presentations on Early Microprocessors
Group Project discussion Review Sheet we will use for the presentations
Reading: W&H Section 4.4, 4.5
Homework Homework 7. Due Dec. 6
Standard Library Spresdsheet
Standard Library Counts as of Wed. 11/28
Individual microprocessor project Presentations Tu. Nov. 27 For Feature sizes use Fig. 1.6 in book and add 14 nm in 2016, 10 nm 2018, 5 nm in 2020.
CMOS IV Spreadsheet
Thoughts on Group Project
Individual microprocessor project:
A possible project plan Selected Microprocessors:
  • Magana, Alexis: 8048/8051
  • Mazanec, John: PDP-8
  • Miller, Kyle: 8080
  • Montalvo Ferreiro, Jose: 1802
  • Williams, Ethan: 6502

Week 14: Dec. 4-6

Tuesday: Complete Logical Effort
Thursday: Flash Memory
Reading: W&H Section 4.4, 4.5,12.4.3
Homework Homework 7 updated. Due Dec. 6 5pm
Homework 7 updated. Due Dec. 6 5pm
CMOS IV Spreadsheet
Thoughts on Group Project
A possible project plan Selected
Individual microprocessor project Presentations Tu. Nov. 27 For Feature sizes use Fig. 1.6 in book and add 14 nm in 2016, 10 nm 2018, 5 nm in 2020.

Week 15: Dec. 11-13

Wednesday: Group Project Review and Exam
Topics for Final
To access HW and exam solutions, use your Notre Dame AFS ID and AFS
Homework Thoughts on Group Project

Previous weeks calendars, including class, readings, and homework information, are on the Calendar page.

Recent Important Web Site Changes. See Change Log for complete list

  • Final Exams
  • 12/12: All lectures loaded on Lecture page
  • 12/11: Posted Exam Topics and HW and exam solutions ( use your Notre Dame AFS ID to access)
  • 12/5: HW7 #2 - output capacitance changed to simplify the calculations. Also lecture note for Tuesday are posted
  • 12/4: clarification to some of the problems on HW7.
  • 11/28: Remaining class topics adjusted. Note there still is a homework 7 but it has been GREATLY simplified - goal is for you to have run thru the topics of logical effort at least once. This homework should be quite quick to do. Most of it could be done using just Tuesday 11/27 lecture.
  • A spreadsheet for counting your standard cells was posted above, along with a list from 2 projects so far
  • 11/28: Submit an electronic copy of your individual presentation via email.
  • 11/19: Remember Individual project presentations due 11/27. For Feature sizes use Fig. 1.6 in book and add 14 nm in 2016, 10 nm 2018, 5 nm in 2020.