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In this class, I learned the inner workings of chips, including transistors, devices, and memory. We explored CMOS logic and its key performance metrics such as cost, area, delay, speed, power, and reliability. The future of these features was discussed, focusing on their evolving nature. The course provided insights into job opportunities in chip design with companies like Intel and nVidia, and applications in embedded systems and software development. Understanding microchips' power consumption and performance in various contexts, including large-scale and mobile applications, was emphasized.
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What I will/have learned from class. • Learn what goes inside a chip: • Transistors, Devices, Wires, Logic, Memory. • Learn how this chip works: • CMOS logic, gate sizing, delay, skew, noise. • Learn the important performance features: • Cost, area, delay, speed, power, reliability. • Learn how these perf. features will change in future: • Cost, area, delay, power, reliability • Analog???
Why do I care? • Get a job in chip design: Intel, Micron, Lattice, nVidia • Build/simulate memory(RAM), logic, timing closure, RC extraction, full-top level chip simulations. • Work for embedded systems: Garmin, Intel, FuelBand • Use microchips. Understand why they burn power, why some chips are faster than others, what affects on-chip RAM. • Work in small software: AngryBirds, Snapchat • Why android code runs fast/slow, lasts 1-hour vs. 1-week. • Work in large software: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc. • Why some code performs faster, more energy-efficient, how power gets consumed in the cloud.
