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Mattjd:
Hi so in the fall I have to take a VLSI course at my university. I'm seeking advice on what topics to brush up on to best prepare me. The official description of the course is


--- Quote ---This course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuits for complex digital systems with a focus on CMOS technology. Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Full-custom techniques will be explored and used to design basic cells and regular structures such as data-path and memory arrarys. The emphasis is on modern design issues in power, interconnected and clocking. Topics include: VLSI design flow; transistor-level CMOS physical design; gate function and timing characteristics; high-level digital functional blocks; and CMOS digitial chip design. Students will design and verify circuits using commercial Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools.
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Thanks
Dubbie:
Do you have any experience in any related area already?
Bassman59:
It wouldn’t hurt to have a good background in semiconductor physics.
Nitrousoxide:
Good experience with hardware developer languages might help, if not that, at least some competency at discrete logic design/boolean algebra/state machines.

Semiconductor design and layout would also help.
rstofer:
Does the course list a bunch of prerequisites?  This sounds like an introductory course to me, no specific knowledge required.  You're going to be learning to use CAD tools, the course doesn't seem to require that you already have that experience.

I might fool around with VHDL and Verilog (or possibly System Verilog) just to get a feel for the hardware descriptive languages but I would realize that they're going to be teaching that stuff, not requiring it.

Look for the prerequisites.  Do you meet them?
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