Fall 2017 Semester
Switching Theory and Applications in VLSI CAD
Class Meeting Time: 2:00-3:20 M-W  Location: Junkins 113

Instructor: Mitch Thornton Office: Caruth 483, email: mitch@smu.edu

Office Hours: M-W 1:00-1:50PM or by appointment

Text:

Modeling Digital Switching Circuits with Linear Algebra, M.A. Thornton, Morgan-Claypool Publishers, 2014
Multiple Valued Logic: Concepts and Representations, D. M. Miller and M. A. Thornton, Morgan-Claypool Publishers, 2008

Reccommended:

        Boolean Differential Equations, B. Steinbach and C. Posthoff, Morgan-Claypool Publishers, 2017

References:

Logic Synthesis and Verification Algorithms, G. Hachtel and F. Somenzi, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996.
Switching Theory for Logic Synthesis, Tsutomu Sasao, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
Algorithms for VLSI Design Automation, Sabih H. Gerez, John Wiley, 1998
Algorithms and Data Structures in VLSI Design, Christoph Meinel and Thorsten Theobold, Springer, 1998
Synthesis and Optimization of Digital Circuits, Giovanni De Micheli, McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Spectral Techniques in VLSI CAD, M. A. Thornton, R. Drechsler and D. M. Miller, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS
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COURSE OUTLINE
Advanced topics in switching theory and electronic design automation methods. Emphasizes the underlying theory and algorithms of EDA tools and their application. Particular emphasis on the representation and properties of discrete mathematics and synthesis, verification, and simulation problems. Includes binary and multiple-valued logic models that are targeted to conventional and emerging technologies, as well as optimization techniques for cost, performance, low power, and other constraints. Recommended: Experience in the use of HDLs and algorithm development and implementation.

TOPICS:

• Models, Logic, & Switching Theory History
• Cube Lists & Set Representation Models
  
• Disjointness, Algebraic Normal Form, & ESOP
• Decision Diagrams and Spectral Decompositions
• Graph-based Models
• Graph-based Disjointness, Synthesis, & Verification
• MVL Algebras & Notation
• Justification & Satisfiability
• Switching Function Spectra
• Linear Algebraic Models
• Linear Algebraic Transfer Functions
• Linear Algebraic Justification
• Linear Algebraic MVL Models
• Linear Algebraic Transfer Function Spectrum and Frequency Response

PREREQUISITES:
C- or better in CSE3381 Digital Logic Design (or equivalent)
C- or better in CSE3358 Data Structures (or equivalent)
C- or better in CSE3353 Discrete Mathematics with Algorithms (or equivalent)
Recommended prerequesite: CSE5387/7387 or EE 5380 or Consent of Instructor

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