ECE 410: VLSI Design Course Introduction – Spring 2024

Design and Characterization of a CMOS 8-bit Microprocessor Data Path

Students in ECE 410 were challenged to design the schematic and physical layout of an 8-bit microprocessor data path, including an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), a barrel shifter, and a register file, using CMOS circuitry and Cadence VLSI design tools. The resulting microprocessor datapath projects will be judged on their ability to satisfy several competing goals, including speed, minimization of area, number of operations and difficulty of the operation set.

Intel Outstanding Project Award

The Intel Outstanding Project Award ($600) will be awarded to the team that produces the best overall project, as judged by a panel of experts from industry and academia. The faculty and students of Electrical and Computer Engineering are very grateful to Intel for the generous sponsorship of this award.

Team 1
Prerana Gunda Samuel Rabick Rachel White

Team 2
Alexander Bejin Noah Deback Ben Schuchardt

Team 3
Jake Cabana Justin Littleton Sebastian Spaenle

Team 4
Adishvar Jeyaranjan Benjamin Leising William Nimtz

Team 5
Ethan Grant Kihong Kim Doriana Vuljaj

Team 6
Ian Ashley Krish Chiwhane Scott Risdon

Team 7
Jaden Hanold Zoltan Kovacs Peyton Nagher Remy Van Wert

Team 8
Brandon Curtis Bryan Malak Mateusz Moczulski

Team 9
Aryan Gondkar Benjamin Griffith Randy Hirmiz

Team 10
Adrinil Dennis Erik Firehammer Frank Wei