COM SCI M258A
Design of VLSI Circuits and Systems
Also listed as EC ENGR M216A (open, 86 of 90 enrolled): the same class, and each department holds its own seats and its own grade history.
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From the registrar's catalog
(Same as Electrical and Computer Engineering M216A.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; laboratory, four hours; outside study, two hours. Requisites: course M51A or Electrical and Computer Engineering M16, and Electrical and Computer Engineering 115A. Recommended: Electrical and Computer Engineering 115C. LSI/VLSI design and application in computer systems. Fundamental design techniques that can be used to implement complex integrated systems on chips. Letter grading.
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