Modern chips are rapidly evolving into complete Systems on Chip (SoCs). The emergence of SoCs leads to new challenges in VLSI design, design automation, programming and code generation, task and communication mapping and scheduling, memory management, and model-driven design-space exploration. This stream addresses the design of SoCs with special attention for the various design trade-offs and formal verification techniques to support correct design.
The following three courses are mandatory for the Systems on Chip stream (for more information about the courses, visit Osiris):
| Course code | Course name | Credits | Quartile |
| 2IMF25 | Automated reasoning | 5 | 1 |
| 5LIH0 | Digital integrated circuit design | 5 | 2 |
| 5LID0 | Systems on silicon | 5 | 4 |
The System on Chip stream has the following stream electives, of which at least 15 credits should be chosen:
| Course code | Course name | Credits | Quartile |
| 5CCA0 | Semiconductor physics and materials | 5 | 1 |
| 5LIN0 | Video processing | 5 | 1 |
| 2IMNT1 | Embedded computer architectures 2 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 5LIG0 | Applied combinatorial algorithms | 5 | 2 |
| 5LIF0 | Advanced digital circuit design | 5 | 2 |
| 5LIL0 | Intelligent architectures | 5 | 3 |
| 5LIE0 | Multiprocessors | 5 | 3 |
| 5LIM0 | Parallelization, compilers and platforms | 5 | 3 |
| 5SIB0 | Electronic design automation | 5 | 3 |
| 5LIJ0 | Embedded control systems | 5 | 3 |
| 5LIA0 | Embedded visual control | 5 | 4 |
| 2IMF00 | Seminar4 formal system analysis | 5 | 4, 6 |
1 This course has a limited capacity.
2 In a study program that includes Digital integrated circuit design (5LIH0) it is not allowed to also include Digital integrated circuits: fundamentals (5LIP0), due to overlapping contents.
3 This course is taught at the University of Twente. TU/e students can follow lectures by watching a live stream from the University of Twente, or watching the recorded video lectures. A secondary enrollment at the University of Twente is required.
4 A seminar may be followed starting from the fourth quarter of the program. For students starting in the first semester, this implies that the seminar may be followed in the second quarter of the second year.
Stream mentor: prof. dr. Kees Goossens (k.g.w.goossens@tue.nl), prior to the beginning of the academic year you should register for 2IMC81.