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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
OverviewDigital Computation is now ubiquitous, everything can compute. VLSI design concepts are necessary for all levels of digital computer design from computer architecture down to digital logic gates. Communication devices have digital computation leading to the merger of computers and communication devices.Digital electronics continue to grow in capability and decrease in cost as the effects of Moore’s law continue. CMOS technology is dominant presently, but the basics of digital design, test, verification, and validation will apply whatever the next technology is. Microprocessor designers, ASIC designers, and FPGA designers all use the digital electronics concepts in this track. The digital designers model their design at their level of abstraction and verify their implementation with other levels.Digital designers today start with general VLSI design techniques learned with an MS degree and then apply those skills to the particular requirements of their job. This gives the digital IC design engineer the tools to deliver successful digital designs.Core CoursesECE 525 Digital Integrated Circuit Design IECE 526 Digital Integrated Circuit Design IIECE 530 Physical Design of Digital Integrated Circuits ECE 581 ASIC Modeling and SynthesisCourse PlanningA suggested curriculum for the Digital IC Design track's Core and Depth and Breadth courses can be found below. Some notes about course sequence order:All course pre-requisites need to be met.The courses below will not necessarily be taken in the order listed.One additional suggested course for PD Engineers is ECE 510 16nm FinFET ioT SoC Design and Fabrication.ECE 571 should be taken before or/at the same term as ECE 585 if these courses are planned to be taken in a secondary focus area.Primary Focus: Digital IC Design. Secondary Focus: Computer ArchitectureCore courses of ECE 525, ECE 526, ECE 530, ECE 581And Depth and Breadth course list of:ECE 571 Introduction to System Verilog for Design and VerificationECE 585 Microprocessors System DesignECE
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