| 19-Jan | First Class | Lecture 1 | Course Intro: history of VLSI in CS. Early design reps and CAD,
silicon foundry model. Course overview and requirements. - Slides | Lab 0 out : Chisel Tutorial | |
| 21-Jan | | Lecture 2 | Intro to Chisel. - Revised Slides, Origional Slides | Lab 1 out : Intro to SHA3 + VCS | |
| 26-Jan | | Lecture 3 | VLSI Introduction. Chip-level alternatives. IC Fabrication.
Tool flow overview. RTL and other design representations.
HLS. - Slides | | Lab 0 due |
| 28-Jan | | Lecture 4 | Physical Realities I. Area /timing. Circuit and wire-delay
modeling. Slides | | Lab 1 due - extended to 1/30 |
| 2-Feb | | Lecture 5 | Physical Realitites II. Energy and power. Power modeling
and power-aware design. - Slides | | |
| 4-Feb | | Lecture 6 | Project details. - Slides | Lab 2 out : Generator + DC | |
| 9-Feb | | Lecture 7 | Memory Technology and Patterns - Slides | | |
| 11-Feb | | Guest Lecture | Advanced Chisel - Slides | | Lab 2 due - extended to 2/13
Preliminary Project Proposal due |
| 16-Feb | | Lecture 8 | Hardware Design Patterns I - Slides | | |
| 18-Feb | | Lecture 9 | Testing and Design Verification | Lab 3 out : SRAMs + multi Vt + ICC | |
| 23-Feb | | Oral Project Proposals | Presentation Guidelines | | |
| 25-Feb | | Oral Project Proposals | Presentation Guidelines | | |
| 1-Mar | | Private Project Meeting (A) | | | |
| 3-Mar | | Private Project Meeting (B) | | Lab 4 out : Rocket Processor Interface | Lab 3 due |
| 8-Mar | | Private Project Meeting (A) | | | |
| 10-Mar | | Private Project Meeting (B) | | | Lab 4 due |
| 15-Mar | | All Groups Meeting | Brief Oral Project Status Report | | |
| 17-Mar | | Private Project Meeting (A/B) | | | |
| 22-Mar | UCB recess | no class meeting | | | |
| 24-Mar | UCB recess | no class meeting | | | |
| 29-Mar | JW gone | no class meeting | | | |
| 31-Mar | JW gone | no class meeting | | | |
| 5-Apr | | Oral Progress Presentation | Guidelines | | |
| 7-Apr | | Oral Progress Presentation | Guidelines | | |
| 12-Apr | | Private Project Meeting (A) | | | |
| 14-Apr | | Private Project Meeting (B) | | | |
| 19-Apr | | Private Project Meeting (A/B) | | | |
| 21-Apr | | No Meeting (Faculty Offsite Meeting) | | | |
| 26-Apr | | Private Project Meeting (A) | | | |
| 28-Apr | Last Class | Private Project Meeting (B) | | | |
| 3-May | RRR | Final Project Presentations | Guidelines | | |
| 5-May | RRR | Final Project Presentations | Guidelines | | |
| 10-May | Exam Week | Final Report - Extended to May 13 | | | |
| 12-May | Exam Week | | | | |
| 13-May | Exam Week | Final Report Due at 11:59 PM PDT | Guidelines | | |