CSC439 Advanced digital design C++

Course outline:
At the completion of the unit students should be able to specify behavioural and structural description of complex digital devices using the VHDL language, and schematic entry, compile this specification, map it into a selected technology, and simulate the designed digital device using CAD tools (Mentor Graphics). The syllabus includes: structure of the Mentor Graphics CAD package; basic tools -- Design Manager, Design Architect, QuickSim; selected algorithms for digital design - Multipliers. Random Number Generators; Vector rotators - CORDIC algorithm; VHDL behavioural, structural and data-flow specification of the design; top-down and bottom-up design methodology; Synthesis tools; technology mapping; AutoLogic II; simulation and verification of the design; FPGA and IC standard cells implementation; advanced design tools - ICstation, DSPstation, Analog Design tools.

Lectures:
Tuesdays 3.00 - 5.00pm (S11)

Assessment:
T.B.A.

Courseware

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