Catalog Data: CSE467: Advanced Digital Design (3).
Advanced techniques in the design of digital systems.
Hardware description languages, combinational and sequential logic synthesis
and optimization methods, partitioning, mapping to regular structures. Emphasis on reconfigurable logic as an implementation medium.
Memory system design. Digital
communication including serial/parallel and synchronous/asynchronous methods.
Prerequisites: CSE370 and CSE326.
Course Goals: To provide in-depth understanding of digital systems and their design, from specification and simulation to construction and debugging.
Enrollment: All students must have completed the prerequisite material (CSE326/CSE370).
Textbook: Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design by Stephen Brown and Zvonko Vranesic.
Supplementary Material: Not all of what we want to cover is in the textbook. I will be handing out supplementary notes and copies of lecture notes during the quarter.
Homework: There will be two kinds of homework:
1) Regular homework sets which you will have about a week to complete
2) Short design problems at the end of many lectures, which will be due at the
beginning of the next lecture (unless more time is allotted). You will
get 10 points for making a good attempt to do solf
the problem and another 10 points will be given for correct solutions. We
will not be able to grade every problem – for these you will get full
marks for turning in a solution. No late solutions will be accepted.
Labs: There is a lab scheduled every week, with one section meeting Tuesday and the other meeting Thursday. Some of the labs will be self-contained and you will be able to complete it in the three hour lab time. Other labs will require extra work to complete. You will be given a week to complete lab assignments (i.e. until the next lab session). Labs will be done in groups of two - we will assign groups randomly each week for the first 5 weeks. After that, you will pair off in project teams.
Project: There will a design project that will span the last 4-5 weeks of the quarter. Project teams will comprise two students and you will be able to choose who you want to work with (in the same lab session). Homework assignments will drop off after you start working on the project.
Collaborative Learning: It is well known that students can learn a lot from each other given the chance. I encourage you to work with each other. However, I also expect the work you turn in for homework, labs and the project to be your own. That is, even though you may get ideas from other students, you are responsible for understanding it to the point where you can put the design together and get it to work. I also encourage you to help other students. However, although it is fine to discuss ideas or help them debug a design, please do not do their work for them.
Quizzes and Exams: There will be a short (15 min.) quiz every second
Friday at the end of class which will cover all material covered through that
Wednesday. The lowest quiz score will be dropped. No makeups
will be given unless you have a really good reason. There will be no mid-term
exam. The final exam will be two-hour hours, which is scheduled for
Grading: The course grade will be roughly determined as follows:
I do not grade on the curve. I'd be delighted if everyone got a 4.0
Cheating Policy: You may work with others to complete homework and lab assignments. It is, of course, in your best interests to contribute as much as you can. If you got substantial help from someone else on an assignment, please make a note to that effect (so they can get extra credit). I will be meeting with the project teams to discuss the work they have done. There will be no collaboration on quizzes and exams. I take cheating very seriously. Any cases will be sent to the cheating committee for prosecution.