Electronic Design Automation

Lecturer:  Andreas Hoffmann

This lecture is aiming at all students which are interested in the area of electronic design automation (EDA) for digital circuits and "system-on-chip (SoC)" designs. SoC refers to integrating all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single integrated circuit (chip). It may contain digital, analog, mixed-signal, and often radio-frequency functions - all on a single chip substrate.

In the lecture we will illustrate the principles of SoC design - with a particular focus on the optimization of the system architecture and embedded software. We will present design methodologies and tooling - system level design is generally assumed to be the most promising invention in EDA and is a fundamental enabler to design modern SoCs.

 

 

Structure of the lecture:

 

1. Embedded Systems
2. Microprocessors
3. Bus Systems
4. EDA I
5. EDA II
6. Electronic System Level
7. System description language
8. System Level Design
9. Exploration of computer architectures
10. Embedded software development

Examination
Oral examinations b.a.