EDA Introduction
Professor: Sci.D., Professor
Vazgen Melikyan
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Administration
Total 64H = 49H lectures + 15H laboratory
works
Course mailing list: send e-mail to
vazgenm@synopsys.com
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Grading
Grading will be assigned on:
Laboratory works (30 scores)
Lectures (70 scores)
Final exam
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Course Overview
Introduction
1 lecture
IC Design Data Formats and Tools
4 lectures
Electronic Design Methodology
4 lectures
IC Synthesis
2 lectures
Databases for EDA
3 lectures
IC Design Approaches and Flows
3 lectures
EDA Tools
3 lectures
Overview of Synopsys EDA Tools
3 lectures
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References
L. Lavagno, S. Lou, M. Grant. L. K. Scheffer. Electronic Design
Automation for IC Implementation, Circuit Design, and Process
Technology (Electronic Design Automation for Integrated Circuits
Handbook). CRC Press; 2016
S. Kundu, S. Lerner, R. Gupta. High-Level Verification: Methods and
Tools for Verification of System-Level Designs. Springer; 2014
L. Sheffer, L. Lavagno, G. Martin. EDA for IC System Design,
Verification, and Testing. CRC Press. 2012
Y. Xie, J. Jason Cong, S. Sapatnekar. Three-Dimensional
Integrated Circuit Design: EDA, Design and Microarchitectures.
Springer; 2012
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