Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

    • 566 views

    Introduction To VLSI Design

    Uploaded by

    Roshdy AbdelRassoul

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Introduction To VLSI Design

    Uploaded by

    Roshdy AbdelRassoul
    566 views20 pages

    Original Title

    Introduction to VLSI Design.ppt

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    566 views20 pages

    Introduction To VLSI Design

    Uploaded by

    Roshdy AbdelRassoul

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    of 20
    At a glance
    Powered by AI
    Some of the key takeaways from the document include Moore's Law predicting exponential growth in transistors per chip, different VLSI design styles like full custom, ASIC, programmable logic and system-on-chip, and challenges like decreasing design windows and increasing complexity.

    The different VLSI design styles discussed are full custom design, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), programmable logic (PLD, FPGA) and system-on-chip.

    Moore's Law is the observation that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits has doubled approximately every two years. Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, predicted this exponential growth and doubling of transistors every 18 months.

    Introduction to VLSI

    Design
    Amit Kumar Mishra
    ECE Department
    IIT Guwahati

    Tale of two queries!


    Y R U here?
    Y M I here?

    Landmarks
    Moores axiom
    Some more funda
    Free CAD tool
    Parting notes

    Moores Law
    Gordon Moore: co-founder of Intel
    Predicted that the number of transistors
    per chip would grow exponentially (double
    every 18 months)
    Exponential improvement in technology is
    a natural trend:

    e.g.

    Steam Engines - Dynamo - Automobile

    Moores
    Law
    Transistors
    Microprocessors

    10M
    1M

    80386
    68020
    68000

    100K
    10K
    1K

    PPC603
    Pentium
    80486
    Pentium Pro
    PPC601
    MIPS R4000
    68040

    8086
    4004

    8080

    10x/6years
    10x/6years

    100
    10
    1
    1975

    1980

    1985

    1990

    1995
    [Keutzer]

    IC Products

    Processors

    Memory chips

    Mobile communication,
    audio/video processing

    Programmable

    RAM, ROM, EEPROM

    Analog

    CPU, DSP, Controllers

    PLA, FPGA

    Embedded systems
    Used in cars, factories
    Network cards

    System-on-chip (SoC)
    Images: amazon.com

    IC Product Market Shares

    Source: Electronic Business

    Example: Intel Processor Sizes


    Silicon Process 1.5
    Technology

    1.0

    0.8

    0.6

    Intel386TM DX
    Processor
    Intel486TM DX
    Processor
    Pentium Processor

    Pentium Pro &


    Pentium II Processors
    Source: http://www.intel.com/

    0.35 0.25

    Heterogeneity on Chip

    Greater diversity of onchip elements


    Processors
    Software

    Heterogeneity

    Memory
    Analog

    More
    Moretransistors
    transistorsdoing
    doingdifferent
    differentthings!
    things!

    [Keutzer]

    Stronger Market Pressures


    Decreasing design window
    Less tolerance for design
    revisions

    Time-to-market

    Exponentially
    Exponentiallymore
    morecomplex,
    complex, greater
    greaterdesign
    design
    risk,
    risk, greater
    greatervariety,
    variety,and
    and aasmaller
    smallerdesign
    design
    window!
    window!

    [Keutzer]

    VLSI Design Styles


    Full Custom
    Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
    (ASIC)
    Programmable Logic (PLD, FPGA)
    System-on-a-Chip

    Full Custom Design

    Each circuit element carefully handcrafted


    Huge design effort
    High Design & NRE Costs / Low Unit Cost
    High Performance
    Typically used for high-volume applications

    ASIC

    Constrained design using pre-designed (and


    sometimes pre-manufactured) components
    Also called semi-custom design
    CAD tools greatly reduce design effort
    Low Design Cost / High NRE Cost / Med. Unit
    Cost
    Medium Performance

    Programmable Logic (FPGA)

    Pre-manufactured components with


    programmable interconnect
    CAD tools greatly reduce design effort
    Low Design Cost / Low NRE Cost / High Unit
    Cost
    Lower Performance

    System-on-chip (SOC)

    Idea: combine several large blocks


    Predesigned

    custom cores (e.g., microcontroller) intellectual property (IP)


    ASIC logic for special-purpose hardware
    Programmable Logic (PLD, FPGA)
    Analog

    Open issues
    Keeping

    design cost low


    Verifying correctness of design

    The Inverted Pyramid


    Electronic Systems > $1 Trillion

    Semiconductor > $220 B

    CAD $3 B

    [Keutzer]

    Where is the money?

    Gaps to be filled:
    System-semiconductor

    gap
    Semiconductor-CAD gap

    A free CAD flow for all who care!


    Alliance CAD tools
    "Architecture des Systmes intgrs et
    Micro lectronique" department of LIP6
    875 000 Transistor design done
    Limit is your processor power and your
    design abilities!

    Scenario in India???
    HUGE outsourcing
    Loads of startups (WHY?)
    VLSI design is nowhere a single nation job
    Fabrication labs (fabs) in USA getting sold
    out
    India getting 4 fabs by next year!

    Thank You
    Best of Luck for End-Sems and Internships

    You might also like