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bxxxxx Quiz and Discussion Day. ENGR xD52 Eric VanWyk Fall 2012. Today. Quiz Article Discussion Feedback Discussion Lab Planning Project Discussion. Quiz. Closed Books, Closed Notes, Closed Internet You can use MARS (but it is likely a waste of time) 30 minutes
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bxxxxxQuiz and Discussion Day ENGR xD52 Eric VanWyk Fall 2012
Today • Quiz • Article Discussion • Feedback Discussion • Lab Planning • Project Discussion
Quiz • Closed Books, Closed Notes, Closed Internet • You can use MARS (but it is likely a waste of time) • 30 minutes • Email to comparch2012@gmail.com • [Quiz0] YourName
Discussion of Article • What surprised you in the article? • What do you want to learn more about? • Do you think the P4 was treated fairly?
Feedback Discussion • On Average, Hours are about right • But they bunch up too much • Should I provide finer grained deadline chunking? • Some are spending way too much time on CA • Poor group communication • Failure to seek help
Final Lab Sequence • Create a fully functional CPU • Your choice of MIPs or Other • Your Choice of Single, Multi, Pipelined • Test CPU • Functionally, not Manufacturing Defect • With actual Fabric Timings • Write IQ math library for your CPU • In assembly, and then assembled to Machine Code • Final Report • Write a Marketing Brief advertising Rev 1 • Internal Doc: Planned enhancements for Rev 2
Final Lab Sequence • This is a very aggressive lab • But I love you, and you love Comp Arch • For Monday, create project plans for hypothetical project lengths: • 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 6 months • Red / Yellow / Green feature lists • The only way to get 100% is to do 100% of it perfectly • Unanswered Questions & Research Schedule • Division of labor • Actual Names and Dates assigned
Final Project Sequence • What makes a good project? • Uses what we’ve learned in CA so far • Continues with your personal interests • Is achievable within time allotted • What makes a bad Project? • Is boring and/or lame • Is rigidly scoped (either over- or under-scoped) • Is unrelated to CA
Example Potentially Fun Projects • Process Sound / Make Music on an FPGA • Make a game on an FPGA • Implement DCPU-16 from 0x10c • Neural Networks • RFID • LEGO Turing Machine / Mechanical Computer • “Big Math” Co-processor: SVD, Physics, Crypto • Fix the K’Nex computer • Make a Clock w/ Lights n’Stuff • GPU • Make a Compiler / Scheduler / Complex Data Objects in Assembly • Write an Attack (Buffer Overflow?) • FPGA based Pocket Calculator • Faster Functional Units (ALU, etc) • Minecraft! • Multi-Core MIPs
Key Point: Flexible Deliverables • Enumerate, Prioritize, Nest your deliverables • Implement the DCPU-16 from 0x10^c • Runs a specific program with limited instructions • Runs all opcodes • In Modelsim • On an FPGA • On an FPGA as a co-processor
Planning Keys • What do you do when stuff happens? • Give possible faults with mitigations • Ex: The FPGA is too small to fit our code • Convert more behavioral code to structural • Purchase a larger FPGA (schedule?) • Run in simulation only • Reduce feature set to fit
Initial Project Proposal • Project Name • Team Members • 1-3 paragraphs description of project • Red / Yellow / Green Feature sets • 2 potential things that can go wrong, with mitigations • What are your two next steps? • 1-2 Pages Total • Due Thursday