VLSI is Very Large System Integration
Today, instead of using vacuum tubes (which were used in electronic products a few decades ago), transistors are used. the biggest (but not the only) advantage of the transistors is the size - instead of having a vacuum tube that id 1-2 cm, a single transistor is around 40 nm (nano meter) - 25000000 times smaller!!!!
it means that one can create a very complex system, with tens of thousands of transistor, on a single chip that is in the size of 1x1 cm. In other words, one can integrate many complex modules in his system.
The problem is that when a human being is designing such a complicated system, there are many mistakes because of the system's complexity. Therefore, it takes a very careful process of checks and verifications when designing such a system
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).
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