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ECpE 583 Reconfigurable Computing Lecture 15: Tues 10/14/2008 (MP1 Questions, Project Topics). Instructor: Dr. Phillip Jones (phjones@iastate.edu) Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, USA http://www.ece.iastate.edu
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ECpE 583Reconfigurable ComputingLecture 15: Tues 10/14/2008(MP1 Questions, Project Topics) Instructor: Dr. Phillip Jones (phjones@iastate.edu) Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory Iowa State University Ames, Iowa, USA http://www.ece.iastate.edu http://class.ece.iastate.edu/cpre583 (coming soon) http://www.arl.wustl.edu/~phjones/cpre583 (temporary)
Class Announcements • Updated schedule • MP1 extended until Tue (10/21) Midnight • Project Discussion on WebCT • Searching for project ideas • http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/advsearch.jsp
Outline • MP1: • Concerns • Projects • Give students time to advertise and discuss projects if they would like.
Project Grading Breakdown • 60% Final Project Demo • 30% Final Project Report • 10% Final Project Presentation
Projects • Expectations • Working system • Write up that can potentially be submitted to a conference • Will use DAC format as write up guide line • 15-20minute PowerPoint Presentation • DAC (Design Automation Conference) • http://www.dac.com/46th/index.aspx • Due Date: 5pm (MT) Monday 12/8/2008 • Cash Prizes
Projects: Relevant conferences • FPL • FPT • FCCM • DAC • ICCAD • Reconfig • RTSS • RTAS
Projects: Target Timeline • Teams Formed and Idea: Thur 10/16 (9pm) • Project idea in Power Point 3-5 slides • Motivation (why is this interesting, useful) • What will be the end result • High-level picture of final product • Project team list: Name, Responsibility • High-level Plan: Thur 10/23 (9pm) • Power Point 5-10 slides • System block diagrams • High-level algorithms (if any) • Concerns • Implementation • Conceptual
Projects: Target Timeline • Work on projects: 10/27 - 12/12 (not during lectures) • Weekly update reports • More information on updates will be given • Presentations: Tue: 12/9 , Thur: 12/11 • Present / Demo what is done at this point • 15-20 minutes (depends on number of projects) • Final write and HW turn in: Day of final (TBD)
Next Lecture • Mapping Applications to FPGA?
Questions/Comments/Concerns • Write down • Main point of lecture • One thing that’s still not quite clear • If everything is clear, then give an example of how to apply something from lecture OR