Accelerating Systems with Programmable Logic Components, 10 credits
Academic year 2023/2024
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Autumn 2023, 33%, Campus
Start date: 28 August 2023
End date: 14 January 2024
Application deadline: 17 April 2023
Application code: UU-11201 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Registration: 28 July 2023 – 4 September 2023
Entry requirements: 120 credits including Computer Architecture, a basic course in digital circuits (especially state machines) and a basic course in programming. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Fees:
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Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 24,167
Tuition fee, total: SEK 24,167
About the course
On completion of the course, you should be able to:
- define complex digital circuits using hardware description languages such as VHDL or Verilog
- test, debug, and verify digital designs using test benches and simulation tools
- integrate custom programmable logic components with processor-based systems
- analyse power and performance of accelerating key system components
- demonstrate how a processor interacts with an accelerator through software
Content
- Syntax and semantics of hardware description languages, and their use to define digital systems.
- Design and implementation of test benches and the use of simulation-based and on-chip debugging facilities for verifying system designs.
- Parallelisation of key algorithms for higher throughput and lower latency.
- Integration of hardware accelerators at the system- and software levels.
- Overview of different design styles and abstraction methods.
- An extensive project in simulation and synthesis, designing a realistic accelerator for a system-on-chip processor system.
More information
Contact
Department of Information Technology
hus 10, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
Box 337, 751 05 UPPSALA
Email: info@it.uu.se
Student counsellor
Email: studievagledare@it.uu.se