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VLSI design techniques and foundations
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ASIC design, gate-arrays, standard-cells
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Full custom design approaches
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Floorplanning in chip-level. Separation of the system building blocks
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Standard cell placement & routing algorithms
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Verification of design, logic simulation, timing simulation, transistor level simulation
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Design techniques for regular building blocks: memory arrays, PLAs. Testable system design techniques,PLAs
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Testable system design techniques. Reliability. Introduction of improving VLSI design techniques and tools
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Introducing of the CADENCE VLSI design environment. Examining the VLSI Design Flow
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System level architectural design. Logic design and verification. Usage of VERILOG environment
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Synthesis of logic design. SYNOPSYS environment. Introduction of standard-cell libraries and their usage
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Standard cell placement & routing. Full custom design strategies
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Layout design in CADENCE - ARTIST design environment
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Chip-level floorplanning and power distribution. VLSI test methods and design for testability.
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