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The lecture introduces VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) systems, focusing on their design and implementation, with objectives including understanding design metrics such as circuit speed, power consumption, and yield. It covers the components of VLSI systems, technology scaling, and the IC industry landscape, including major companies and market shifts. The course will explore VLSI CMOS fabrication, MOS transistor theory, layout design, circuit analysis, and include a design project.

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The lecture introduces VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) systems, focusing on their design and implementation, with objectives including understanding design metrics such as circuit speed, power consumption, and yield. It covers the components of VLSI systems, technology scaling, and the IC industry landscape, including major companies and market shifts. The course will explore VLSI CMOS fabrication, MOS transistor theory, layout design, circuit analysis, and include a design project.

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Design and Implementation of VLSI Systems

lecture01

Lecturer: Dr. Nguyễn Vũ Thắng


Use document from Brown University
Lecture 01: the big picture
• Introduction
• Brief Tour of VLSI Design and Implementation
• Class logistics
Objectives of the class
• A VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) system integrates millions
of “electronic components” in a small area (few mm2  few cm2).
• Class objective: Learn how to design a simple VLSI systems that
implement required functionalities.
• What are the design metrics?

• Circuit Speed / Performance


• Power consumption
• Design Area
• Yield
What are VLSI systems composed of?
1.Transistors 2. Wires

nMOS

=
design
pMOS

Circuits

CMOS logic gates


How does an IC look like from the inside?

wires

transistors

R. Noyce J. Kilby
Technology scaling

Moore’s Law. The number of transistors in an integrated


circuit doubles every 2 years.

Quad core
from Intel:
~600 million
transistors in
286 mm2
Feature sizes

Human Hair
~75 m

. 0.18 m
180 nm
. feature

~40,000 (65-nm node) transistors could fit on cross-section


[C. Keast]
Biggest semiconductor companies
Biggest semiconductor companies
Biggest semiconductor companies
Silicon wafer size

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Silicon wafer size

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Silicon wafer size

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IC industry Revenue

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IC revenue vs Market by region

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Regional shift in Market force

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Business models for IC companies

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Income IC design companies

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Value change in IC domains

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Fabless funding

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IC development

• World:
– Fabrication to Asia
– Outsource to Asia, especially to South East of
Asia
=> Vietnam

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IC design in Vietnam
• Fabrication and Packaging:
– Intel, Honhai, V-Capr, Pacifab
• Design:
– Hanoi:
• Analog IC : Active Semiconductor
• Digital IC: Dolphin, FSOFT, VNPT Tech
• Related: Panasonic R&D, Toshiba, Samsung, Viettel
– HCM city:
• Renesas, ACMM
• Arrive Technologies, ESilicon …
• ICDREC

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Lecture 01: the big picture
• Introduction
• Brief Tour of VLSI Design and Implementation
• Class logistics
What does it take to design VLSI systems? Same
engineering principles you learned so far
1. idea (need)

2. write
specifications

3. design
system 4. analyze/
model

if satisfactory
system

5. Fabrication

6. test / work
as modeled?
1. Applications / Ideas
2. Specifications
• Instruction set
• Interface (I/O pins)
• Organization of the system
• Functionality of each unit in
the and how it to
communicate to other unit
3/4. Design and Analysis
VHDL / Verilog / SystemC

design schematics
compilation/
synthesis

mask layout patterns find wire routes device layout

• Design development is facilitated using Computer-Aided Design


(CAD) tools
5. Fabrication

tapeout

mask layout patterns mask writer masks

printing
test and
packaging
dice

chip die
wafer
6. Evaluate design and compare to model.

• Check signal integrity


• Power consumption
• Input/output behavior

• Does the chip function as it is


supposed to be?
• Does it work at desired clock
frequency? (can we overclock?)

board
What are we going to cover in this class?

• Overview of VLSI CMOS fabrication


• MOS transistor theory
• VLSI Layout design
• Circuit analysis and performance estimation
• Computer-aided design and analysis tools
• Design project
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