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| | Sep. 30 | Introduction to CS/EE181 and VLSI |
| Oct. 2 | Transistors, CMOS, and layout |
| Oct. 7 | magic tutorial session (in lab) |
| Oct. 9 | Boolean logic and transistor networks |
| Oct. 14 | Logic minimization |
| Oct. 16 | Clocks, timing, registers |
| Oct. 21 | Precharge logic, domino logic, charge sharing, FSMs |
| Oct. 23 | Computer arithmetic---Addition, subtraction |
| Oct. 28 | Shifting, multiplication |
| Oct. 30 | Putting it all together---planning a project |
| Nov. 4 | Transistor physics |
| Nov. 6 | Circuit performance, tau model (project proposals due) |
| Nov. 11 | More circuit performance |
| Nov. 13 | Scaling and short-channel effects |
| Nov. 18 | Power versus speed |
| Nov. 20 | Metastability |
| Nov. 25 | Wires |
| Nov. 27 | Thanksgiving holiday |
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| Dec. 4 | Final project layout and report due |