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Summary: UW/CSE Hardware Design & Implementation
Course Description
Draft of May 19, 2009
Structural place in the curriculum
· 4 credits (3 weekly lectures, 1 weekly lab)
· Pre-requisites: Hardware/Software Interface, Foundations of Computing I
· Courses with this course as a pre-requisite:
466 Embedded Systems
467 Digital Design
471 Computer Architecture
Hardware capstones
· Required for CE, optional for CS
· Catalog description: To be determined
Course Overview
A "bottom up" sequence from (1) circuit design to (2) CPU design to (3) embedded-systems (systems
integration) design, including a significant lab component.
Description of work, etc.
While the lab sequence would constitute the largest portion of the coursework, there would also be:
· A midterm and a final exam
· Four Aldec Active-HDL design-tool tutorials to complete
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