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ECE
252C: Advanced Digital Design
Behrooz Parhami: 2007/06/19
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June 19, 2007, Professor Parhami's UCSB ECE website moved to a new location. For
an up-to-date version of this page, visit it at the new address:
http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/~parhami/ece_252c.htm
Dr.
Parhami took over the teaching of ECE 252C in the winter of 1996. Previously,
the course had been taught primarily by the late
Dr. James Howard. By covering sequential machines, computer arithmetic, and
advanced microprocessor-based design, the graduate course sequence ECE 252A/B/C
was meant to offer a firm foundation in the theories and techniques of advanced
digital design. By the early 1990s, however, microprocessors had already become
dominant and virtually every processor (even those used in highly parallel
computers) was a microprocessor. Thus, in a sense, the microprocessor was the
focus of every course in computer design and architecture. Dr. Parhami thus
updated ECE 252C to deal with selected topics in COTS-
(commercial off-the-shelf) and custom-based digital design.
Previous offerings of the course
ECE 252C: Winter Quarter 1998 offering
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Course: |
ECE
252C – Advanced Topics in Digital System Design, University of
California, Santa Barbara, Winter 1998, Enrollment Code 44628 |
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Instructor: |
Behrooz
Parhami, Room 5155 Engineering I, Phone
805-893-3211, parhami@ece.ucsb.edu
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Meetings: |
TR
4:00-5:30 PM, Room 1440 Phelps Hall |
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Consultation: |
Open
office hours –– T 3:00-4:00, W 1:00-2:00, R 10:00-11:00 |
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Motivation: |
Advances
in algorithm design, development of techniques and tools for automatic
mapping of algorithms to hardware, availability of aids to the analysis
and synthesis of complex systems, and advances in manufacturing and
packaging technologies have made the design of dedicated digital systems
quite practical and cost-effective. Simultaneously, the demand for higher
performance in control and signal processing applications has surpassed
the dramatic improvements in circuit speed and density. This course
familiarizes the students with state-of-the-art techniques in the design
of high-performance digital systems for various applications. In so doing,
it also acts as a bridge between advanced architecture courses dealing
with abstract organizational notions (ECE 254A/B/C) and courses covering
low-level digital design concepts and implementation techniques (ECE
152A/B, 252B). Relevant concepts will be explored both conceptually and
via design case studies.
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Prerequisites: |
Logic
design & switching theory and fundamentals of digital systems (ECE
152A/B or equivalents). ECE 154 and 252B would be helpful, but are not
required.
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References: |
Text – Peatman, Design
with PIC Microcontrollers, P-H, 1998 (new $48, used $36).
Reader – A collection of technical papers, and chapters from various books, to
serve as a resource for reading and design ideas (available from the
Alternative, $36.38).
Main Journals –
IEEE Trans. Computers and IEEE
Trans. Circuits & Systems II. |
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Evaluation: |
Students
will be evaluated based on these four components with the given weights: |
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20%
-- Four 2-week miniprojects assigned on Thursdays 1/15, 1/29, 2/12,
& 2/26. |
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25%
-- Open-book midterm, Tu. 2/10, 4:00-6:00 [reader Sections A/B/E
and text] |
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10%
-- Research presentation in poster session, in lieu of final, Th.
3/19, 4:00-6:00 |
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45%
-- Term paper, or report on term project, due by 12:00 Noon, Fri.
3/20
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| Term
paper: |
A term
paper, or report on term project, is required. Research ideas and
requirements will be discussed on Th. 1/22. Topics must be finalized by
Th. 2/5. Preliminary title, abstract, and reference list are due on Th.
2/19. Final paper/project title and reference list are due on Th. 3/5.
Poster presentation of the work will be done on Th. 3/19. Complete paper
is due before 12:00 Noon on Th. 3/20. All deadlines are firm. |
Calendar:
Weekly
course lectures have been scheduled as follows [reader sections in brackets]:
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Tu/Th
Jan 06/08 |
COTS-based
design of combinational circuits [A1-A3]
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Tu/Th
Jan 13/15 |
Compact
design via bit-serial and digit-serial arithmetic [B]
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Tu/Th
Jan 20/22 |
COTS-based
design of sequential circuits [A4]
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Tu/Th
Jan 27/29 |
Digital
design with microcontrollers (Textbook)
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Tu/Th
Feb 03/05 |
Design
for flexibility and low power consumption [E]
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Tu/Th
Feb 10/12 |
MIDTERM
EXAM + More on microcontrollers (Textbook)
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Tu/Th
Feb 17/19 |
Design
for extremely high throughput or speed [D]
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Tu/Th
Feb 24/26 |
Compact
high-throughput design via on-line arithmetic [C]
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Tu/Th
Mar 03/05 |
VLSI
array processors for high computational power [F]
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Tu/Th
Mar 10/12 |
Trends
in asynchronous and data-driven control design [G]
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ECE 252C: Winter Quarter 1996 offering
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Course: |
ECE
252C – Advanced Topics in Digital System Design, University of
California, Santa Barbara, Winter 1996, Enrollment Code 43265 |
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Instructor: |
Behrooz
Parhami, Room 2159 Engineering I, Phone
805-893-3211, parhami@ece.ucsb.edu
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Meetings: |
TR
4:00-5:30 PM, Room 2108
Engineering I |
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Consultation: |
Open
office hours –– T 3:00-4:00, W 1:00-2:00, R 11:00-12:00 |
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Motivation: |
Advances
in algorithm design, development of techniques and tools for automatic
mapping of algorithms to hardware, availability of aids to the analysis
and synthesis of complex systems, and advances in manufacturing and
packaging technologies have made the design of dedicated digital systems
quite practical and cost-effective. Simultaneously, the demand for higher
performance in control and signal processing applications has surpassed
the dramatic improvements in circuit speed and density. This course
familiarizes the students with state-of-the-art techniques in the design
of high-performance digital systems for various applications. In so doing,
it also acts as a bridge between courses covering low-level digital design
concepts and implementation techniques (ECE 152A/B, 252B, e.g.) and
advanced architecture courses dealing with more abstract organizational
notions (ECE 254A/B/C). Relevant concepts will be explored both
conceptually and via design case studies.
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Prerequisites: |
Logic
design & switching theory and fundamentals of digital systems (ECE
152A/B or equivalents). ECE 154 and 252B would be helpful, but are not
required.
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References: |
Reader – A course reader, consisting of technical papers and chapters from
various texts is available from the Alternative copy shop in Isla Vista.
Recommended
Book -- M.J. Flynn, Computer
Architecture: Pipelined and Parallel
Processor Design, Jones and Bartlett, 1995.
Main Journals –
IEEE Trans. Computers and IEEE
Trans. Circuits & Systems II.
Main
Conferences -- Symp. on VLSI Signal Processing, Application-Specific
Array Processors, Microprogramming and Microarchitecture. |
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Evaluation: |
Students
will be evaluated based on these three components with the given weights: |
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20%
-- Four 2-week miniprojects assigned on Thursdays 1/16, 1/30, 2/13,
& 2/27. |
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30%
-- Closed-book midterm, Th. 2/15, 4:00-6:00 PM [reader Sections
A-E] |
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50%
-- Open-book
final exam, Sat. 3/23, 4:00-7:00 PM (covers everything)
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| Research: |
An
optional research paper or term project can be substituted for the final
exam.
Topics must be finalized by Tu. 2/6.
Preliminary title, abstract, and reference list are due on Tu.
2/20.
Final paper/project title and reference list are due on Tu. 3/12.
Brief presentation of work to be done on Th. 3/14.
Complete paper is due before 4:00 PM on Th. 3/21.
All deadlines are firm. |
Calendar:
Weekly
course lectures have been scheduled as follows [reader sections in brackets]:
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Tu
1/02 |
No
lecture (holiday) |
Th
1/04 |
Introduction
[1-13]
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Tu
1/09 |
Bit-serial
arithmetic [15-42] |
Th
1/11 |
Bit-serial
arithmetic (cont.)
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Tu
1/16 |
DCS1:
Threshold voters [43-47] |
Th
1/18 |
On-line
arithmetic [49-77]
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Tu
1/23 |
Pipelining
[79-104, 115-122] |
Th
1/25 |
Pipelining
(cont.) (4:30-6:00)
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Tu
1/30 |
DCS2:
Fast counters [123-131] |
Th
2/01 |
No
lecture (instructor away)
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Tu
2/06 |
Microprogramming
[133-191] |
Th
2/08 |
Microprogramming
(cont.)
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Tu
2/13 |
DCS3:
Controllers [199-219] |
Th
2/15 |
Midterm
exam (4:00-6:00)
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Tu
2/20 |
VLSI
processor arrays [221-291] |
Th
2/22 |
VLSI
processor arrays (cont.)
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Tu
2/27 |
DCS4:
IIR filters [315-330] |
Th
2/29 |
VLSI
processor arrays (cont.)
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Tu
3/05 |
Wavefront
arrays [331-348] |
Th
3/07 |
Fault-tolerant
arrays [376-391]
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Tu
3/12 |
Data-driven
control [411-444] |
Th
3/15 |
Project
presentations |
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