Spring 2025
ELENG 194 001 - LEC 001
Special Topics
IC Design Project: 16nm SoC for IoT
Jun-Chau Chien, Kristofer S J Pister, Vikram Jain
Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025
Tu, Th
12:30 pm - 01:59 pm
Off Campus
Class #:19230
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Time Conflict Enrollment Allowed
Offered through
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
14
Enrolled: 53
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 67
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
1 to 4 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 2 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Jun-Chau Chien
Other classes by Kristofer S J Pister
Other classes by Vikram Jain
Course Catalog Description
Topics will vary semester to semester. See the Electrical Engineering announcements.
Class Description
Units: 4
Pre-reqs: at least one of EE113, 140, 142, 151; (or equiv)
In 15 weeks we will design a single-chip wireless sensor node "System on a Chip" with a
32 bit RISC-V processor and memory, 2.4 GHz radio transceiver, machine learning accelerator,
energy scavenging interface, power management, on-board sensors, and sensor interfaces.
The (extremely challenging) goal is to send the chip out for fabrication in 16 nm CMOS at the end of the semester.
One or more teams of students will divide the project into modules and work together
to design and integrate the modules into a single chip.
Overwork likely. Not for the faint of heart.
Location: Berkeley Wireless Research Center
Class Notes
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Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
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