Five-day Course on
Digital VLSI Design

Module – 1

3 Days – July 23-25, 2007

I. VLSI Implementations of Computer Arithmetic

David Harris

v      Number systems: Signed and unsigned integers, fixed point, floating point, carry-save representation, residue arithmetic

v      Addition: full adder design; CPAs: carry ripple, carry skip, carry look ahead, carry increment, tree adders, Ling adder; multi-input addition, CSAs

I. Circuit Design on the Back of an Envelope

David Harris

v      Delay Estimation

v      Logical Effort

v      Circuit Characterization

III. Low Power Circuit Design

Bharadwaj Amruthur

v      Leakage Reduction techniques

v      Power Gating Design Issues

v      Optimization of Sizing, Supply and Threshold for low power

IV. Low Power Memory Design

Bharadwaj Amruthur

v      Decoders

v      Sense amplifiers

v      Cell, Voltage Scaling

v      TCAM Basics

Registration

            Below is the tariff for Module-1 (July 23-25, 2007). Please refer registration details to attend both Module-1 and 2

MODULE-1 ( 3 Days )

Before July 1, 2007

After July 1, 2007

Professionals (Non-Members)

Rs. 8,000/-

Rs. 9,000/-

Professionals (VSI/ IEEE members)

Rs. 6,000/-

Rs. 7,000/-

Students/ Faculty (Non-members)

Rs. 5,000/-

Rs. 6,000/-

Students/ Faculty (VSI/ IEEE members)

Rs. 4,000/-

Rs. 5,000/-

Module – 2

2 Days – July 25-27, 2007

I. Advanced topics in VLSI Computer Arithmetic

David Harris

v      Multiplication: Word-serial, array multiplier, Wallace Trees, 4:2 trees, hybrid

v      Division: Word-serial, array divider, SRT division, division by multiplication

v      Floating Point: Addition, multiplication

v      Table approximations: Bipartite table lookup

II Advanced topics in Low Power Circuits

Bharadwaj Amruthur

v      Dynamic Voltage, Threshold and Frequency Scaling

v      Voltage Scaling of Memories

Registration

Below is the tariff for Module-2 (July 25-27, 2007). Please refer registration details to attend both Module-1 and 2

MODULE-2 ( 2 Days )

Before July 1, 2007

After July 1, 2007

Professionals (Non-Members)

Rs. 6,000/-

Rs. 7,000/-

Professionals (VSI/ IEEE members)

Rs. 5,000/-

Rs. 6,000/-

Students/ Faculty (Non-members)

Rs. 4,000/-

Rs. 5,000/-

Students/ Faculty (VSI/ IEEE members)

Rs. 3,000/-

Rs. 4,000/-