Lecture Outline

Approximate Outline:

	Topics	VLSI Application	# of Weeks
Modeling and Simulation:
	Basic Circuit Modeling and Simulation	Circuit Simulation	1
	Model Order Reduction	Circuit Simulation	0.5
	Sparse Matrix Techniques	Circuit Simulation	0.5
	Maxwell Equations	Microwave Simulation	0.5
	Finite Difference Time Domain Method	RLC Extraction	0.5
	Method of Moment	RLC Extraction	0.5
	Matrix Decomposition	Circuit Simulation	0.5
VLSI Optimization:
	Graph Theory	Routing	2
	Combinatorial Optimization	Placement, Partitioning	2
	Network Optimization	Partitioning	0.5
	Genetic Algorithms	Floorplanning, Partitioning	0.5
	Dynamic Programming	Buffer Insertion,Clock routing	0.5
	Linear Programming	Interconnect Optimization	1.5
	Nonlinear Programming	Circuit Tuning	2
	Integer Programming	Floorplanning, Routing	0.5

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