CSIS 389: Hardware Design for Computer Scientists
Course Guide
1. Course Details
- Level: Seniors
- Prerequisites: CSIS 130 Computer Programming II
- Lecture Times: UTR 09:00 a.m. – 09:50 a.m. (Section 1), UTR 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. (Section 2)
- Classroom: A 102
- AY / Semester: 2009 – 2010/ Fall
- Professor: Dr. I. Damaj
- Contact Details: idamaj@auk.edu.kw
- Course Detailed Site: http://lms.auk.edu.kw
- Professor's Website: http://www.idamaj.net
- Summary of Assessment Method: 2 quizzes, pop quizzes, assignments, project and presentation, and a final exam
- Textbook: 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. Catalog Description
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 - 3 | Digital Computers Fundamentals | 1 | |
| Weeks 3 – 6 | Logic Design | 2 | |
| Weeks 7 – 8 | Hardware Description Languages | 3 | Quiz I (Week 7) |
| Weeks 9 | High-level Synthesis | 4 | |
| Week 10 - 15 | Designing Hardware from Programs | 5 | Quiz II (Week 11) |
| Week 16 | Design Metrics | 6 |
5. Assessment of the Course
| Attendance | 5% |
| Pop quizzes, assignments, and project | 25% |
| Quiz I | 20% |
| Quiz II | 20% |
| Final | 30% |
6. Announcements
[Jan 10, 2013] Topic 6 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:
[Dec 25, 2012] Topic 5 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:
[Dec 7, 2012] Topic 4 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:
[Nov 15, 2012] Topic 3 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:
- Textbook Chapter 1 – Assigned Problems: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15
[Oct 30, 2012] Topic 2 material is now complete on Moodle and appears as follows:
- Topics will be communicated by an email.