Class

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ENGN1640 - Spring '19: Design of Computing Systems

• Instructor: Prof. Sherief Reda (SCALE lab)
• Meeting Times: MWF 12:00 - 12:50 at B & H 161. Office hours in 349 or 196.
• Lab TAs: Chhay Tann and Krishna Rajan. Office hours in 196.
• ENGN164 Piazza homepage
• Office Hour Schedule:

Class logistics

Lectures:

1. Overview (01/23)
2. Evaluation of Computing Systems (1/25, 1/28, 2/1)
3. Design/Lab Foundations (2/04, 2/06, 2/08, 2/11, 2/13, 2/15)
4. Instruction Set Architecture Design (02/20, 02/22, 02/25, 02/27, 03/01)
5. Single-Cycle Processor Design (03/04, 03/06, 03/08)
6. Pipeline Processor Design (03/11, 03/13, 03/15, 03/18, 03/20, 03/22)
7. Memory Subsystem Design (04/01, 04/03, 04/08, 04/10, 04/12, 04/15, 04/17)
8. I/O Subsystem (04/19, 04/22)
9. Advanced Processor Design (04/24, 04/26, 04/29, 05/01)

HWs: Uploaded on canvas.

Labs: Uploaded on Canvas.

You will be using the following tools in the class.

• Lab resources:
  • Tutorial 1: Quartus II Introduction Using Schematic Designs
  • Tutorial 2: Quartus II Introduction Using Verilog
  • Altera changed the link to waveform editor in the installed Quartus in the lab. Please see update
  • Tutorial 3: ModelSim Tutorial
  • RISC-V Venus simulator and user guide
  • RISC-V specifications
  • Tutorial 4: Signal Tap tutorial
  • PLL tutorial
  • Quartus II tutorials
  • Quartus II handbook
  • DE2 manual
  • DE2 pin assignment file (csv)
  • Cyclone II datasheet
  • TimingQuest tutorial
  • External SRAM datasheet
  • DE2 control panel files