VLSI chips straddle the third generation and fourth generation computers.
They were used to make some third generation computers, but the development VLSI levels of integration permitted enough transistors to make a complete simple CPU in one integrated circuit chip, creating the first microprocessors (e.g. Intel 4004, Intel 8008) used to build fourth generation computers.
4th generation
It is very gud and fast growing for the next generation..
Generation Technologies1st Vacum Tubes;2nd Transistors;3rd Ic's with SSI & MSI;4th Ic's with VLSI;5th Ic's with ULSI;
VLSI Technology was created in 1979.
VLSI Technology ended in 1999.
sum of the applications of VLSI are chip like microcontroller,microprocessor,mobile etc
VLSI Era:- Very Large Scale Integration Era
to say frankly it is still a confusion thing for me to decide vlsi is either hardware or software,but according to my opinion vlsi is both hardware and software.
how to make a chip ---- vlsi how to use a chip ---- embedded systems
VLSI is combined of both theory and derivation with more diagrams
i want previous vlsi question papers
there are a number of directionsa person can take in vlsi,and they are all closely related to each other.
If you are looking for an introductory text on algorithms for VLSI design automation, I recommend: Sabih H. Gerez, Algorithms for VLSI Design Automation, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, (1999).