Special Topics: Hardware Design for Computer Scientists

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY of KUWAIT

Division of Sciences and Engineering

CSIS 389 Special Topics: Hardware Design for Computer Scientists

Course Guide

1. Course Details

Level	Seniors
Prerequisites	CSIS 130 Computer Programming II
Lectures	UTR 09:00 a.m. – 09:50 a.m. (Section 1) UTR 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. (Section 2)
Room	A 102
AY / Semester	2009 – 2010 / Fall
Professor	Dr. I. Damaj
Contact Details	idamaj[@]auk.edu.kw - Remove the brackets [ ]
Course Detailed Site	http://moodle.auk.edu.kw
Professor's Website	http://academics.idamaj.net
Summary of Assessment Method	2 quizzes, pop quizzes, assignments, project and presentation, and a final exam
Text Book	Notes to be provided by the professor
Software Tools	MultiSim, Quartus II
References	Digital Fundamentals with PLD Programming: 1/e, 2006, Prentice Hall ISBN-10: 0131701886, ISBN-13: 9780131701885. Thomas Floyd. Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, Frank Vahid and Tony Givargis John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471386782. Copyright (c) 2002. Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, 3rd edition updated, M. Morris Mano and Charles R. Kime, Prentice Hall, 2004. Computer Organization and Design: the Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition, David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2004.

2. Aims of the Course

The special topic offered is “Hardware Design for Computer Scientists.” This course introduces computer science students to main software contributions in modern hardware design methodologies and tools. Moreover, the students will be introduced to basic digital hardware and their correspondence to high-level programs. Students will experience the hardware/software co-design process. In addition, Students will build on their programming skills to develop hardware cores for famous algorithms. The students will practice a hardware description language and a schematic simulation tool.

3. Student Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course the students will be able to:

Apply number system conversions, typically related to binary system.
Design simple combinational logic circuits.
Describe the organization of simple arithmetic and logic computational blocks.
Describe the organization of storage elements.
Implement simple combinational logic circuits under VHDL.
Identify High-level synthesis stages.
Design hardware for simple high-level programs and algorithms.
Assess hardware designs according to common metrics.

4. Schedule

Details:	Topic	Chapter No.	Assessment
Weeks 1 – 3	Digital Computers Fundamentals	1
Weeks 3 – 6	Logic Design	2
Weeks 7 – 8	Hardware Description Languages	3	Quiz I (Week 7)
Week 9	High-level Synthesis	4
Weeks 10 – 15	Designing Hardware from Programs	5	Quiz II (Week 11)
Week 16	Design Metrics	6	Project Due

5. Assessment of the Course

Attendance	%5
Pop quizzes, assignments, and project	%25
Quiz I	%20
Quiz II	%20
Final	%30

6. Announcements

[Jan 31, 2010] Your final grades are now posted on Banner. All the best...

[Jan 19, 2010] Topic 6 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

6	Chapter 6 Design MetricsPDF document Quiz II is scheduled on Sunday 17 January class time. Material include Chapters 3, 4, and 5. The quiz is open book. Bring your programs with you. Project Presentations: Tuesday 19 January 2010. Quiz II Grades

[Jan 10, 2010] Topic 5 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

5	Chapter 5 Designing Hardware from Programs

[Dec 19, 2009] Topic 4 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

4	Chapter 4 High-level SynthesisPDF document Term Project - Parallel Matrix Multiplication using VHDL

[Dec 14, 2009] Topic 3 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

Chapter 3 Hardware Description Languages - Your copy of the chapter is available on the S:drive under CSIS 389.
Presentations SchedulePDF document
Quiz 1 and Presentation GradesPDF document
Choose one of the following makeup sessions to attend (Room A102). 1) Thursday 17-Dec-2009 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. 2) Thursday 17-Dec-2009 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
A makeup quiz is scheduled on Tuesday 22-Dec-2009 at class time. The required material include chapters 1 and 2.
Behavioural and Structural VHDLAssignment
R4, R5, and R6: Reference Chapters - Your copy of the chapters is available on the S: drive under CSIS 220.

[Nov 15, 2009] Chapter 3 Hardware Description Languages is a large file - Your copy of the chapter is available on the S: drive under CSIS 389.

[Nov 1, 2009] Topic 2 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

Chapter 2 Logic DesignPDF document
Homework Set 4: Logic Gateszip archive
Homework Set 5: Boolean Algebra and MinimizationPDF document
Homework Set 6: Additional Exercises on Boolean Algebra and MinimizationPDF document
K-maps Minimizer (Link Provided by Abdullah Al-Shaikh)zip archive
R2: Reference Chapter - Your copy of the chapter is available on the S: drive under CSIS 220.
R3: Reference Chapter - Your copy of the chapter is available on the S: drive under CSIS 220.
Pop Quiz
Quiz I is on Sunday, November 8, class time.
Homework Set 7: Logic DesignPDF document
Programmable LogicAssignment

[Oct 17, 2009] Chapter 2 is also available on the S: shared drive.

[Oct 17, 2009] Chapter 2 is posted.

[Oct 17, 2009] Topic 1 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:

Chapter 1 Digital Computers and Information document
History of ComputersAssignment
Number SystemsAssignment
Homework Set 1: Number Systems - Solved Problems and Exercises document
Homework Set 2: Number Systems - Octal and Hexadecimal document
Homework Set 2: Number Systems - Octal and Hexadecimal:
The numbers you are responsible for are: 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-27, 2.83 (1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5 , 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15), 2.84 (1, 2), 2-31, 2.9, 2.9.3 (2 only).
R1: Reference Chapter - Your copy of the chapter is available on the S: drive under CSIS 220.
UnicodeAssignment
Homework Set 3: Number Systems document

[Oct 1, 2009] Chapter 1 is also available on the S: shared drive under CSIS 220.

[Oct 1, 2009] Chapter 1 is posted.

[Oct 1, 2009] The course guide and the "CSIS 389 At a Glance" documents are available on the S: shared drive...

[Oct 1, 2009] Please note that the complete site for this course is on Moodle...

[Oct 1, 2009] Welcome to CSIS 389 Website...