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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