M.Tech. VLSI Design & CAD:VLSI Architectures

First Semester I

Physics of Semiconductor Devices
IC Fabrication Technology
Digital VLSI Design
CAD Systems Environment
Research Methodology


Second Semester

Analog IC Design
Hardware Description Languages
Embedded Systems


Third Semester

Seminar
Thesis starts

Fourth Semester

Thesis


VLSI Architectures

Complex Instruction Set Computers (CISC): Instruction Set, Characteristics and Functions, Addressing Modes, Instruction Formats, Architectural Overview, Processor Organization, Register Organization, Instruction Cycle, Instruction Pipelining, Pentium Processor, PowerPC Processor.

Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC): Instruction execution Characteristics, Register Organization, Reduced Instruction Set, Addressing Modes, Instruction Formats, Architectural Overview, RISC Pipelining, Motorola 88510, MIPS R4650, RISC Vs. CISC.

DSP Processors: Instruction Set, Addressing Modes, Instruction Formats, Architectural Overview.

Pipeline Processing: Basic Concepts, Classification of Pipeline Processors, Instruction and Arithmetic Pipelining: Design of Pipelined Instruction Units, Pipelining Hazards and Scheduling, Principles of Designing Pipelined Processors.

Superscaler Processors: Overview, Design Issues, PowerPC, Pentium.