Rob A. Rutenbar
A modern VLSI chip has a zillion parts logic, control, memory, interconnect, etc. How do we design these complex chips? Answer: CAD software tools. Learn how to build thesA modern VLSI chip is a remarkably complex beast: billions of transistors, millions of logic gates deployed for computation and control, big blocks of memory, embedded blocks of pre–designed functions designed by third parties (called “intellectual property” or IP blocks). How do people manage to design these complicated chips? Answer: a sequence of computer aided design (CAD) tools takes an abstract description of the chip, and refines it step–wise to a final design. This class focuses on the major design tools used in the creation of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or System on Chip (SoC) design. Our focus in this first part of the course is on key Boolean logic representations that make it possible to synthesize, and to verify, the gate–level logic in these designs. This is the first step of the design chain, as we move from logic to layout. Our goal is for students to understand how the tools themselves work, at the level of their fundamental algorithms and data structures. Topics covered will include: Computational Boolean algebra, …
Instructor Details
Courses : 2
Specification: VLSI CAD Part I: Logic
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25 reviews for VLSI CAD Part I: Logic
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| Price | Free |
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| Provider | |
| Duration | 23 hours |
| Year | 2017 |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Language | English |
| Certificate | Yes |
| Quizzes | Yes |
Ayush G –
Best course till now
Srinath R –
It’s a great course! It made me understand the concepts of boolean network optimisation and the different data structures we can possibly use to implement the same. High quality lectures, easy weekly assignments and pretty difficult Honors assignments! Happy to have spent 5 weeks of my free time in something interesting.
Sachin K V –
Really Enjoyed taking the course. The course gives interesting insights about how various EDA tools work and algorithms that make it possible.
abd E R S A –
Very interesting information. You will appreciate CAD tools very much after this course.
Amr A –
very useful course
Anurag S R –
This course does a great job of introducing you to the basics of Computational Boolean Algebra and completing the Honors track not only gets you on with BDDs, SATs and logic development but also gives a flavour of creating relevant software. A bit of background in Digital Logic and some basic programming exposure would help.
Aashish A S –
Very useful for freshers who want to learn VLSI
Naren c –
the course is designed so well I didn’t face any problems while doing this course the technical support is always availableThank you
Christopher D L –
Somewhat hard to follow the assignments. I wish there was much building of skills than application on harder examples.
Sunny B –
Well planned and well organized course!
Mohammad H –
Great Course and excellent lecturer, Almost all of the content of the course was new to me, even that I am a grad student in electrical engineering (digital design). I am looking forward to start the next course and do some physical layout. All the best
HEMACHANDRAN K –
good
Akash L –
Great course; excellent and very understandable lecturing style with great examples.
Shuvmay C –
The marking scheme for the quiz is a little difficult, given the level of the quiz ,the marking scheme should be relaxed and partial marks should be granted. Rest the course is amazing , prof. Rob Rutenbar has done a fantastic job in explaining the boolean algebra and important concepts like gate network repair or replacement, Multilevel logic, Dont Cares, e.t.c. Its a good course to take , boolean algebra will be certainly strong after the completion of the course.
Georgios K –
An interesting course, generally you learn about the synthesis but not about the algorithms of the synthesis process. Great to learn the use of heuristic algorithms. Thank you professor, your explanations were great.
Mohammad A –
High quality of Education! Sufficient Tools and highly recommended.
Calebe M d O C –
The course takes the ‘hands on’ experience seriously. It made me go more in depth on details of the logic synthesis, leading me the great pleasure of discovering I had so much to know about a subject I imagined I was familiar.
Rajalakshmi –
It’s a great course with good compilation of source materials. Thanks to the Professor and the university for this wonderful online course.
Vallabh B –
The course is pretty good taught me a lot about CAD.
Gaurav K K –
Very informative and challenging assignments
Sai P r –
Good
Md. F K –
It’s been a quality 30 days spent on this course. I must thank Professor Rutenbar, UIUC and Coursera. Quality course material and easy to understand storytelling like approach to a complex topic like logic synthesis. I highly recommend this course if you have an interest in chip design and me myself is planning on taking the part 2: Layout of this specialization.
Tomasz K –
Exceptionally interesting course with variety of topics discussed in area of Logic and Logic Design . Videos are of a high quality and provide enough information to cope with exercises. Course requires some focus as it forces trainee to actually practice logical thinking not only memorizing knowledge. I will definitely keep coming back to this course as knowledge presented here is condensed and gives a superior example of how knowledge should be taught. Additionally I learned about topics that were neglected during my studies that is topics of Satisfiability , ROBDDs which are essential in modern software/hardware verification techniques.
Damireddy A k r –
i had learned completely about vlsi cad part1:logic
Vineela j –
good