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TDT4255

Hardware Design

Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2010
Duration 1 semester
Examination arrangement Work

About

About the course

Course content

Advanced topics in hardware design. Design issues including datapath, control and pipelining as well as implementation issues including assembly programming, high-level programming, hardware description languages, specification, partitioning, testing and verification. Embedded Systems, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and advanced Microprocessor instruction sets.


Learning outcome

The course aims at teaching knowledge and skills in hardware design.

Learning methods and activities

Auditorium lectures, self-study. Compulsory assignments and evaluations.

Course materials

David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy: "Computer Organization and Design - the hardware/software interface". Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. Other relevant text will be announced at the start of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIF8062 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

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Subject areas

  • Informatics
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Computer Science

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Work
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Work
Weighting 100/100

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