Projects

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Projects Important Dates
Project 1a (20 points) Tuesday, November 21,
midnight
Application cryptography OR digital signal
processing basic version
structure implied by specification Techno
logy FPGA Target synthesizable
code, testvectors, testbenches,
report
Project 1b (10 points) Monday, December 4, noon
Application cryptography OR digital signal
processing optimized version
with structural optimizations for
minimum area and maximum throughput/area
ratio Technology FPGA Target
synthesizable code, testvectors, testbenches,
report
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Midterm Exam 2 (20 points) - Saturday-Monday,
December 9-11
Application simple microprocessor/microcontrol
ler Target behavioral code for a
subset of Motorola MC68HC11
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Project 2 (15 points) due Tuesday, December 19,
noon
Application cryptography OR digital signal
processing optimized version
with structural optimizations for minimum
area and maximum throughput/area
ratio Technology ASIC Target
revised synthesizable code scripts for Design
Analyzer and PrimeTime synthesis with Design
Analyzer timing analysis
with PrimeTime design equivalence with
Formality
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ECE 545
Projects
Lecture
Project 1a 20 Project 1b 10 Project 2
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Homework 15
Midterm exams Midterm 1 20 in class
Midterm 2 20 take home