The discussion revolves around recommendations for modern VLSI textbooks that are technologically up to date. Participants share their experiences with various texts and express their needs for a book that focuses primarily on VLSI and integrated circuits, rather than solid state devices.
Participants express varying opinions on the suitability of different textbooks, with no clear consensus on which text is the best choice for modern VLSI studies. Multiple competing views remain regarding the completeness and focus of the recommended texts.
Some participants highlight the importance of device physics in understanding VLSI design, while others focus on the need for up-to-date content. There is mention of varying levels of prerequisite knowledge assumed by different texts.
jbusc said:Don't get me wrong, Kang+Leblebici is primarily a VLSI design text, and focuses primarily on design and methodology, etc., and assumes you've had some prerequisite course on basic solid state devices (though it does not really assume that much).
What I was trying to say was that it is comprehensive at the same time, and doesn't ignore the device physics (like some VLSI books do) but rather explains how they fit into the context of cmos transistor-level design.