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1. Book: Arithmetic Circuits for DSP Applications, by P. K. Meher and T. Stouraitis, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2017.

2. Book: Introduction to Logic Circuits \& Logic Design with VHDL, by Brock J. LaMeres, 2nd ed., Springer, 2019.

3. Course slides
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\newcommand\catalogDesc{Introduces the concepts, skills, and techniques related to hardware design and modeling, including advanced computer arithmetic, system-to-hardware mapping techniques, memory-based design, pipeline/systolic processing, application-specific hardware accelerator design, and large-scale VHDL coding and testing skills.}
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1.	Be able to collaborate and communicate with classmates for projects and homework.

2.	Be able to use FPGA synthesis tools to design, synthesize, and implement large-scale hardware systems including use HDL for mapping processing algorithms into hardware architectures, test and validate the correctness of the hardware design, and implement the designs on FPGAs.

3.	Understand and learn advanced computer arithmetic.

4.	Be able to use memory-based techniques to design digital processing system.

5.	Familiar with pipeline and systolic processing design skills.

6.	Be able to design an application-specific hardware accelerator while taking care of the system constraints and requirements like processing time, power consumption, cost and size along with the possible trade-off considerations.
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\item Advanced Computer Arithmetic-II: Modulo Reduction Arithmetic
\item System-to-Hardware Mapping-II: Accumulation
\item Advanced Computer Arithmetic-III: Circulant Arithmetic
\item Memory-based Design-I: Modern Storage Unit
\item Memory-based Design-II: Memory Implementation
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August & 23rd & Introduction, Motivation \& Review of Basics & \\
August & 30th & Computer Arithmetic-I & HW-1: VHDL for adder\\
September & 6th & System-to-Hardware Mapping-I & \\
September & 13rd & Computer Arithmetic-II & Project-1: Longa Reduction\\
September & 20th & System-to-Hardware Mapping-II & \\
September & 27th & Computer Arithmetic-III & HW-2: Accumulator \& PWM\\
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 &  & Fall Break (9th-15th) & \\
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Your final grade will be determined from the following:

•	Homework*: 15%

•	Project**40%

•	Mid-Term Exam***: 15%

•	Final Project****: 30%

*: Each homework will be 5 points, total 15 points.

**: There will be 2 regular projects (each 20points), total 40 points.

***: Exam review will be provided and the schedule can be seen later.

****: Final project along with presentation.




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