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Kris Gaj

Kris Gaj. Research and teaching interests: cryptography FPGA design and verification software/hardware codesign computer arithmetic Contact: Engineering Bldg., room 3225 kgaj@gmu.edu. Office hours: Monday, 3:00-4:00 PM, Wednesday, 3:00-4:00 PM,

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Kris Gaj

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  1. Kris Gaj • Research and teaching interests: • cryptography • FPGA design and verification • software/hardware codesign • computer arithmetic • Contact: • Engineering Bldg., room 3225 • kgaj@gmu.edu Office hours: Monday, 3:00-4:00 PM, Wednesday, 3:00-4:00 PM, Thursday, 6:00-7:00 PM, and by appointment

  2. Malik Umar Sharif • Research and teaching interests: • software/hardware codesign • FPGA design and verification • Microcontroller system design • CAD tools • Contact: • Engineering Bldg., room 3231 • malik.umar.sharif@gmail.com Office hours: Monday, 12:00-1:00 PM, ENGR 3204 Wednesday, 4:00-5:00 PM, ENGR 3204 Thursday, 5:00-7:00 PM, ENGR 3231 and by appointment

  3. Getting Help Outside of Office Hours • System for asking questions 24/7 • Answers can be given by students and instructors • Student answers endorsed (or corrected) by instructors • Average response time in ECE 545 = 1.5 hour • You can submit your questions anonymously • You can ask private questions visible only to • the instructors

  4. A few words about You 2 PhD ECE students 9 MS CpE students 4 MS EE students

  5. MICROPROCESSOR AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS • ECE 510 Real-Time Concepts– P. Pachowicz, project, design of real-time systems • 2. ECE 511 Microprocessors • – J.P. Kaps, project, system based on MSP430 microcontroller • 3. ECE 611 Advanced Microprocessors • – H. Homayoun, project, computer architecture simulation tools • 4. ECE 612 Real-Time Embedded System • – C. Sabzevari, project, programming distributed real-time systems • 5. ECE 641 Computer System Architecture • – H. Homayoun, project, computer architecture simulation tools • 6. ECE 699-001 Software/Hardware Codesign • – K. Gaj, homework, SoC design with VHDL and C • 7. ECE 699-003 Heterogeneous Architectures and Green Computing • – H. Homayoun, project, computer architecture simulation tools

  6. DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN • ECE 545 Digital System Design with VHDL– K. Gaj, project, FPGA design with VHDL, • 2. ECE 645 Computer Arithmetic– K. Gaj, project, FPGA design with VHDL or Verilog • 3. ECE 681 VLSI Design for ASICs– H. Homayoun, project/lab, front-end and back-end ASIC design with Synopsys tools • 4. ECE 586 Digital Integrated Circuits – D. Ioannou, R. Mulpuri, homework • 5a. ECE 682 VLSI Test Concepts • – T. Storey, homework • 5b. ECE 699 Digital Signals Processing Hardware Architectures– A. Cohen, project, FPGA design with VHDL and Matlab/Simulink • 6. ECE 699 Software/Hardware Codesign • – K. Gaj, homework, SoC design with VHDL and C

  7. Prerequisites • ECE 511 Microprocessors • ECE 545 Digital System Design with VHDL Useful Knowledge • Basics of computer organization • High level programming language (preferably C) • RTL design with VHDL • FPGA devices and tools

  8. Course web page ECE web page  Courses  ECE 699 http://ece.gmu.edu/coursewebpages/ECE/ECE699_SW_HW/S15

  9. Software/Hardware Codesign Lecture Exercises Midterm exam (in class) 20% Final Exam (in class) 30% Class Exercises 5% Homework Exercises* 45% * up to 6 biweekly assignments; per individual requests these assignments may be replaced by a single project proposed by a given student or a group of two students

  10. Bonus Points for Class Activity • Based on answers provided during the lecture and on Piazza • “Small” points earned each week posted on BlackBoard • Up to 5 “big” bonus points • Scaled based on the performance of the best student For example: Small points Big points • 1. Alice 40 5 • Bob 36 4.5 • … … … • 12. Charlie 8 1

  11. Literature (1) • Required Textbooks: • L.H. Crockett, R.A. Elliot, M.A. Enderwitz, and R.W. Stewart, University of Strathlyde, Glasgow, UK • The Zynq Book:Embedded Processing with the Arm Cortex-A9 on the Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC • The Zynq Book Tutorials • PDF copies available for free at • http://www.zynqbook.com

  12. Literature (2) Supplementary Textbooks: P.R. Schaumont, Virginia Tech, A Practical Introduction to Hardware/Software Codesign, 2nd Ed., Springer, 2012 available for free for GMU students at Springer Link, http://link.springer.com.mutex.gmu.edu P.P. Chu, Cleveland State University, Embedded SoPC Design with Nios II Processor and VHDL Examples, 1st Ed., Wiley, 2011

  13. Literature (3) C & VHDL Resources: B.W. Kernighan, D.M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, 2nd Ed., ANSI Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, 1988 P.P. Chu, Cleveland State University, RTL Hardware Design Using VHDL: Coding for Efficiency, Portability, and Scalability, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2006

  14. Other Resources • Video Tutorials • Tutorials • Reference Manuals • User Guides • Journals • On-line C Resources • On-line VHDL Resources

  15. Exams Midterm Exam – 2 hrs 40 minutes, in class Final Exam – 2 hrs 45 minutes, in class comprehensive Tentative days of the exams: Midterm Exam: Thursday, March 26, 7:20-10:00 PM Final Exam: Wednesday, May 7, 7:30-10:15 PM

  16. Homework Exercises (1) • based on the Digilent ZYBO Zynq-7000 Development Board • (distributed for free at the beginning of the semester, • and collected at the end of the semester) • involve Xilinx Vivado Design Suite • (to be installed on your own machines, or used in the lab) • can be doneindividually or in a group of two students • (group homework assignments will involve a larger • number of tasks and/or more time-consuming tasks)

  17. Homework Exercises (2) • Up to 6 assignments • Deliverables, typically due on Thursday @ 5:00 PM, • to be submitted on Blackboard • The corresponding demo on Thursday, 5:00-7:00 PM, • or after the class • No deliverables or no demo = one-week late submission, • penalized by 33% of the maximum score • No submissions accepted more than one week after • the deadline • Honor code strictly enforced

  18. Installation of Xilinx Vivado Suite

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