COM SCI 258F · CS 258FPhysical Design Automation of VLSI Systems
Computer Science · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Detailed study of various physical design automation problems of VLSI circuits, including logic partitioning, floorplanning, placement, global routing, channel and switchbox routing, planar routing and via minimization, compaction and performance-driven layout. Discussion of applications of number of important optimization techniques, such as network flows, Steiner trees, simulated annealing, and generic algorithms.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
COM SCI 258F
- COM SCI 258HAnalysis and Design of High-Speed VLSI Interconnects
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.