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VLSI IL2201 |
Course Overview: Motivation |
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Why do some
circuits work the first time and some circuits take over a year and multiple
design iterations to work properly? Why can, for some circuits, the produced
quantities easily be ramped up, and for others both circuit and process
optimisation is needed. Why are some circuits running red-hot requiring
expensive cooling solutions while other circuits, for similar performance,
are running from small batteries in hand held gadgets? Why do some companies
make money with successful innovations and why do some companies loose
hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue just because they did not get
their product on market in time (look the 3D and 2D/3D graphic card business
for PCs as an example). And why do some designers get double salary? |
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The answer to these questions is (a lack of) system
engineering: analysis and design of a system's relevant electrical parameters.
The deep submicron CMOS technologies have moved the bottleneck from device
and gate level issues to interconnects and communication (metal wires) bottle
necks, where we currently do not have any design automation. This course aims
to provide a working knowledge of system electrical issues at chip level
related to remove or live with these new bottle-necks (so that the disasters
in design can be avoided with proper structures and performance budgeting).
The double salary we cannot guarantee
after the course, but we can guarantee that you will be on the right track
for that after completing the course. |
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