Online books, courses etc.
Stochastic programming course at Lehigh
U Penn Online Books Page
Free tech books
Tech Books for Free

General VLSI/EE links:

IEEE Xplore
EE Times
Semiconductor Research Corporation
Gigascale Systems Research Center

VLSI CAD Links

Journals:
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD)
ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES)
 
Conferences:
International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)
Design Automation Conference (DAC)
ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD)
Design, Automation & Test In Europe (DATE)
Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC)
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
 
Organizations:
ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA)
IEEE Computer Society -- Design Automation Technical Committee (DATC)
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS)
SEMATECH
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Consortium
 
Other useful information:
Recent conference proceedings on design automation
SIGDA Super Compendium
ResearchIndex -- The NECI Scientific Literature Digital Library
Physical Design Top-10 Research Problems