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As part of the VLSI Design course in the penultimate semester of my undergraduate studies,
I designed a 16-bit RISC Microprocessor which involved designing components like the Shifter, ALU unit and the Register using Cadence. While designing these components I implemented a schematic and layout design for each one of them and verified the correctness of design rules and structural exactness by Design Rule Checking (DRC) and Layout Versus Schematic (LVS) software respectively. Then I extracted the RC values and back annotated the same to verify the design. Working on this project, especially the layout design got me really interested in the VLSI Design process. I also presented a term paper at the end of my course. My interest in VLSI design only kept growing with time and that motivated me to read several IEEE published papers on the subject, like High Speed VLSI architecture for general linear feedback shift register (LFSR) structures and Reconfiguration Technique for Reducing Test Time and Test Data Volume which helped me not only understand the design process a little better but also introduced me to the pressing need for creating cost effective testing methods. This is how my interest in VLSI Design grew over the years.
Why Masters?
During my sophomore year in college, I took a course in Micro controllers and embedded systems and got to learn a great deal about designing and programming micro controllers. To gain a real world perspective and augment my understanding of micro controllers, I took part in Robotic workshops conducted by IIT-IISc alumni Li-2 Innovations. I built a robot by working with AVR micro controller ATMega8 for a sumo robot competition at the end of these workshops. The design w...
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...n the overall Integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing cost due to the exponential increase in transistor count per chip as predicted by Moore’s Law. The Integrated Circuit Design and Test Laboratory founded by Professor Daasch addresses this very pressing need. The papers “Analyzing the Impact of Fault Tolerant BIST for VLSI Design” by W. Robert Daasch, Saurabh Jain, and David Armbrust and “A Die-level Adaptive Test Scheme for Real-time Test Reordering and Elimination” by Kapil R. Gotkhindikar, W.Robert Daasch, Kenneth M. Butler, John M. Carulli Jr., Amit Nahar especially impressed me. I am interested in pursuing my graduate studies in the focus areas of Design Automation, Computer Architecture and IC testing, design and validation. Working with such renowned professors will be a privilege and would give me the opportunity to contribute something original to the field.
...hborhood, additive CA are ideally suited for V LSI implementation. Different applications ranging from V LSI test domains to the design of a hardwired version of different CA based schemes have been proposed.
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Parsons, June J. and Oja, Dan. Computer Concepts 8th Edition. United States: Course Technology, 2006.
Some points such as Material research, Models and Experimentaion show just how committed he was to his job and how much thought would go into the design till it was perfect.
“After the integrated circuits the only place to go was down—in size that it. Large scale integration (LS) could fit hundreds of components onto one chip. By the 1980’s, very large scale integration (VLSI) squeezed hundreds of thousands of components onto a chip. Ultra-Large scale integration (ULSI) increased that number into millions. The ability to fit so much onto an area about half the size of ...
Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) is the integration of mechanical elements, sensors, actuators and electronics on a common silicon substrate using microfabrication techniques. MEMS are a hot area of research because they integrate sensing, analyzing and responding on the same silicon substrate hence promising realization of complete systems-on-a-chip. As MEMS are manufactured using batch fabrication techniques similar to IC technology, MEMS are expected to deliver high functionality at low prices.
This trend in electronics (and computers) can be described in evolution periods. From 1960 to 1975, it was the mainframe computer age, where integrated circuits where designed looking only on performance. In the next 15 years, the network age occurred; in this time the VLSI technologies evolved considerably because the main design objective was cost/performance oriented. Finally, since 1995 we’ve been seeing the downsizing age, in which system-on-chip technology is applied for specific applications.
Maxwell’s research design has a definite structure. At the center of the design study, research questions should have a clear relationship to the goals or issues you want to address and why. Subsequently, the goals of the research should reflect previous knowledge, current theories and concepts and how they relate to the subject. However, if the research methods do not allow you to answer your research questions and/or validate them, your design will be
Embedded Computing: A VLIW Approach to design, Compilers and Tools- Joseph A. Fisher- Clifford Young - Paolo Faraboschi
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In the past few decades, one field of engineering in particular has stood out in terms of development and commercialisation; and that is electronics and computation. In 1965, when Moore’s Law was first established (Gordon E. Moore, 1965: "Cramming more components onto integrated circuits"), it was stated that the number of transistors (an electronic component according to which the processing and memory capabilities of a microchip is measured) would double every 2 years. This prediction held true even when man ushered in the new millennium. We have gone from computers that could perform one calculation in one second to a super-computer (the one at Oak Ridge National Lab) that can perform 1 quadrillion (1015) mathematical calculations per second. Thus, it is only obvious that this field would also have s...
Groover, Mikell P., Mitchell Weiss, Roger N. Nagel, and Nicholas G. Odrey. Industrial Robotics: Technology, Programming and Applications. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986. Print.
My interest in Computers dates back to early days of my high school. The field of CS has always fascinated me. The reason for choosing CS stream was not a hasty decision. My interest started developing in the early stage of my life, when I studied about the invention of computers. The transformation from the large size to small palmtops enticed me to know about the factors responsible for making computers, also the electronic gadgets so small. I was quite impressed after seeing a small chip for the first time in my school days, especially after I learnt that it contained more than 1000 transistors, “integrated circuits”.
At the Univ. of Manchester, I got more opportunities to sharpen my research and practical abilities. In the coursework of VLSI design: logic gates circuit design, I designed schematic diagram and layout, and constructed models for simulations. Subsequently, I constantly adjusted relevant parameters based on the simulations and theoretical knowledge. In two weeks of continuous testing, I ultimately designed a chip circuit with a high response speed. Additionally, in the alarm clock design project based on Microchip PIC18F6722, I not only achieved the fundamental alarm functions on the basis of the limited circuit components and a microcontroller, but independently designed extra functions so that users can load music files via USB port. The clock could produce the corresponding melody as the alarm simply through a single buzzer. Although these are simple practices, the process of applying knowledge to actual applications brings me closer to my dream of becoming an
The input and output sections allow the computer to receive and send data, respectively. Different hardware architectures are required because of the specialized needs of systems and users. One user may need a system to display graphics extremely fast, while another system may have to be optimized for searching a database or conserving battery power in a laptop computer. In addition to the hardware design, the architects must consider what software programs will operate the system.