# Advanced Vlsi Design

## ECSE-6680

Introduction to VLSI architecture design approaches and methodologies for digital signal processing systems, digital memory circuits and architectures, and computer VLSI arithmetic. Topics include: pipelining, parallel processing, timing and clocking, systolic architectures, digital filter architectures, Viterbi decoder architectures, SRAM, DRAM, flash memory, high-speed adder and multiplier architectures. Laboratory experiments involve the use of commercial EDA tools with hardware description language (HDL).

3 credits
Prereqs:
none

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2026

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 9/36

2025

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 15/36

2024

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 12/36

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2018

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 8/36

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2016

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 8/40

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2014

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 7/40

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2011

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 6/35

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2009

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 14/36

2008

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Tong Zhang

Seats Taken: 15/36

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1999

Advanced Vlsi Design (3c)

- Kenneth Rose

Seats Taken: 13/20

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