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This book provides some recent advances in design nanometer VLSI chips. The selected topics try to present some open problems and challenges with important topics ranging from design tools, new post-silicon devices, GPU-based parallel computing, emerging 3D integration, and antenna design. The book consists of two parts, with chapters such as: VLSI design for multi-sensor smart systems on a chip, Three-dimensional integrated circuits design for thousand-core processors, Parallel symbolic analysis of large analog circuits on GPU platforms, Algorithms for CAD tools VLSI design, A multilevel memetic algorithm for large SAT-encoded problems, etc. VLSI Design VLSI Design for Multi-Sensor Smart Systems on a Chip Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits Design for Thousand-Core Processors: From Aspect of Thermal Management Carbon Nanotube- and Graphene Based Devices, Circuits and Sensors for VLSI Design Impedance Matching in VLSI Systems VLSI Design of Sorting Networks in CMOS Technology Modeling, Simulation and Optimization Parallel Symbolic Analysis of Large Analog Circuits on GPU Platforms Algorithms for CAD Tools VLSI Design A Multilevel Approach Applied to Sat-Encoded Problems Library-Based Gate-Level Current Waveform Modeling for Dynamic Supply Noise Analysis Switching Noise in 3D Power Distribution Networks: An Overview Low Cost Prototype of an Outdoor Dual Patch Antenna Array for the Openly TV Frequency Ranges in Mexico Study on Low-Power Image Processing for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy