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1. Logic Design and Basic Knowledge of HDL/RTL
2. Data Structures and Algorithms

• Electronic Design Automation: Synthesis, Verification, and Test by Wang, Chang, and Cheng, Morgan Kaufmann, 2009.

• Additional reading material on scholar

  Additional/Optional reference textbooks:

• Logic Synthesis and Verification Algorithms by Hachtel and Somenzi, Kluwer Academic Publishers

1. Introduction and review of logic and algorihtms (3 lectures)
2. Gate-level logic synthesis and optimization (6 lectures)
3. Technology mapping, partitioning, floor-planning, place & route (6 lectures)
4. State machine synthesis and optimization (2 lectures)
5. Low power optimization and power estimation (3 lectures)
6. High level synthesis and optimization (6 lectures)
7. Project Presentations (1 lecture)
8. Exams (2 lecture)

1. you may discuss homework/project with fellow classmates, but each student must do his/her own work.
2. cheating in programs (copying program segments), on exams, and homework assignments are all considered violations of the honor code.

For additional information about the Honor Code, please visit: https://www.honorsystem.vt.edu/

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