1. Institute of Computer Systems / TKT-1506 1 ASIC Design II / O. Vainio9.6.2015  Lectures by Olli Vainio  5 credits  Prerequisites (recommended): TKT-1212 Implementation of Digital Systems or TKT-1426 Digital Design forFPGA TKT-1236 Digital Systems Laboratory TKT-1400 ASIC Design I  Requirements: Final exam, homework assignments (50%) TKT-1506 ASIC Design II

2. Institute of Computer Systems / TKT-1506 2 ASIC Design II / O. Vainio9.6.2015 Course Books  Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective, by J. M. Rabaey, A. Chandrakasan, and B. Nikolic, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2003 Chapters 4, 8, 9, 10.1.-10.3, 12.  Application-Specific Integrated Circuits, by M. J. Smith (available in the Internet) Chapters 15, 16, 17.

3. Institute of Computer Systems / TKT-1506 3 ASIC Design II / O. Vainio9.6.2015 Course Objective  To learn about electrical properties of digital integrated circuits and about methods used for post-synthesis (backend) design of ASICs.

4. Institute of Computer Systems / TKT-1506 4 ASIC Design II / O. Vainio9.6.2015 ASIC Design Flow

5. Institute of Computer Systems / TKT-1506 5 ASIC Design II / O. Vainio9.6.2015 Course Contents  Wires and their parasitic components in ICs  Coping with interconnect  Timing issues in digital IC’s  Memory and array structures  Design approaches for complex digital IC’s  ASIC construction  Floorplanning  Methods and algorithms for placement and routing of cells  Emerging ASIC technologies