Table of Contents
Course Outline
The course outline is a guideline to topics that will be discussed in the course, and when they will be discussed:
Week 1 (Jan 5 - 9)
Chapter 1: Introduction to DSP and VSLI
Week 2 (Jan 12 - 16)
Chapter 2: Binary Arithmetic
Weeks 3 - 4 (Jan 19 - 30)
Quiz 1 on Jan 26 for Chapter 2 (1:00-1:15pm)
Chapter 3: Arithmetic Circuits
Chapter 4: Digital Filter
Project Task 1 starts on Jan. 27 (due on Feb. 11)
Weeks 5 - 6 (Feb 2 - 6)
Chapter 5: Iteration Bound
Week 6 (Feb 9 -13)
Chapter 6: Pipelining and parallel processing
Quiz 2 on Feb. 11 for Chapter 4 (1:00-1:15pm)
Project Task 2 starts on Feb. 10 (due on Mar 4).
Reading Week 7 (Feb 14-20)
Week 8 Midterm (Feb 23-27)
No class on Feb 23
Midterm on Feb 25, from 1:00-2:15pm, at SC 219
Week 9 (Mar 2)
Chapter 6: Pipelining and parallel processing
Weeks 9 - 10 (Mar 3 - 10)
No activities
Weeks 10 - 11 (Mar 11 - 20)
Chapter 7: Retiming
Weeks 12 - 14 (Mar 23 - Apr 9)
Quiz 3 for Chapter 5 on Mar 25 (1:00-1:15pm)
Quiz 4 for Chapter 6 on Apr 1 (1:00-1:15pm)
Project Tasks 2-3 starts on Mar 24 (Task 2 report due on Apr 10, Task 3 report due on April 17)
Chapter 8: Folding
Final Exam
Final Exam: April 19 at 10am
Venue: ACE 010