Physical Design for Nanometer ICs, Spring 2012
http://cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~ywchang/Courses/PD/pd.html
ANNOUNCEMENTS
INSTRUCTOR: YAO-WEN CHANG
TEACHING ASSISTANT
TEXTS
- Wang, Chang, and Cheng (Ed.), Electronic Design Automation: Synthesis, Verification, and Test, Morgan Kaufmann, 2009. ISBN: 0-1237-4364-8.
- Stroud, Wang, and Chang, "Chapter 1: Introduction".
- Huang, Lai, and Cheng, "Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Algorithms".
- Chen and Chang, "Chapter 10: Floorplanning".
- Chu, "Chapter 11: Placement".
- Chen and Chang, "Chapter 12: Global and Detailed Routing".
- Koh, Jain, and Wang, "Chapter 13: Synthesis of Clock and Power/Ground Networks".
- S. M. Sait and H. Youssef, VLSI Physical Design Automation: Theory and Practice,
World Scientific Publishing Co., 1999. ISBN: 981-02-3883-5.
REFERENCES
- Papers related to this course.
- Chang, Jiang, and Chen, "Essential issues in analytical placement algorithms" , IPSJ Transactions on System LSI Design Methodology, August 2009 (invited paper).
- Chang, Chen, and Chen, "Physical design for modern VLSI design" in Essential Issues in SOC Design (Lin, Editor), Springer, 2006.
- Chen and Chang, "Packing floorplanning representations"
in Physical Design Handbook (Alpert, Sapatnekar, and Mehta, Editors), CRC Press, 2008.
- Chang and Chen, "Design for manufacturability and reliability," IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Sep. 2009 (invited article).
HANDOUTS
LECTURE NOTES
- Schedule:
- Introduction & algorithm paradigm
- Partitioning
- Floorplanning
- Placement
- Maze routing
- Global routing
- Detailed routing: full-chip routing and channel routing
- Specialized routing: clock routing, power/ground routing
- Post-layout optimization
- Signal/power integrity: noise modeling & optimization, IR drop
- Timing issues: timing modeling & optimization, performance-driven design
- Design for manufacturability & reliability: process variation, antenna effects, redundant via, optical proximity
correction, chemical-mechanical polishing, multiple patterning, EUV, electromigration, thermal
issue, and more
- Lecture Note #1 [One Page/Slide Format] (Introduction to VLSI design/styles and technology roadmap; February 21, 2012)
- Lecture Note #2 [One Page/Slide Format] (EDA Paradigms & complexity; March 3, 2012)
- Lecture Note #3 [One Page/Slide Format] (Circuit partitioning; March 3, 2012)
- Lecture Note #4 [One Page/Slide Format] (Floorplanning; March 18, 2012)
- Lecture Note #5 [One Page/Slide Format] (Placement; April 17, 2012)
- Lecture Note #6 [One Page/Slide Format] (Global Routing; May 15, 2012)
- Lecture Note #7 [One Page/Slide Format] (Detailed Routing; May 15, 2012)
- Lecture Note #8 [One Page/Slide Format] (Special-Net Routing & Performance Optimization; not available now)
- Lecture Note #9 [One Page/Slide Format] (Introduction to Nanometer Effects; not available now)
Conferences Related to Physical Design
Journals related to Physical Design
OTHER INFORMATION
For any questions, send e-mails to ywchang@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw.