COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CSE 6007 RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RECEP ALP KUT

Offered to

Computer Engineering (English)
Computer Engineering (English)
COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give the usage of VHDL.It is expected that students at the end of this course will be able to know a new alternative to increase the system performance using reconfigurable tools with FPGA.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Outline FPGA technologies
2   Become aware of the relevant issues surrounding FPGA technologyies' use in system design
3   Use FPGA design tools
4   Design several systems by using VHDL language on an FPGA device
5   Research related issues to the architecture, tools, and applications of programmable logic in different areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction : Goals and motivations,History, state of the art, future trends Basic concepts and related fields of study
2 Programmable logic devices and Reconfigurable Computing Technologies
3 FPGA Device and System Architectures
4 Hardware Design Tools and VHDL
5 VHDL:Fundamental Concepts,Data Types and Operations
6 Modelling Contsructs: Entity Decleration, Architecture Bodies, Signal Decleraions, wait statemants, delays
7 Design Methods: Architectural, Behavioral,Structural Descriptions and design examples
8 Subprograms, Packages and Use Clauses
9 Case Study: A Pipelined Multiplier Accumulator
10 Generic Constants,Components and Configurations
11 Case Study - Programmable ActIve Memones/ SPLASH 2
12 RCC Applications: Parallel Discrete Event Simulation (DES), CPU design,Security / Encryption
13 RCC Applications:Mobile Communication Systems, Pattern Matching,Neural Networks
14 RCC Applications: Data acquisition systems,Health care systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book:
Introduction to Reconfigurable Computing: Architectures, Algorithms, andApplications,Christophe BOBDA,,Springer,978-9048175314, 2010

Reference Books:
The System Designers Guide to VHDL (2nd edition), Peter J. Ashenden,Darrel Teegarden, Morgan Kaufmann,1558608656 , USA, 2008
Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduc, Frank Vahid,Tony D. Givargis, John Wiley & Sons Inc,0471386782, , 2002

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Literature Research
Presentation
Term Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment will be the success level of presentation and the final report of term project.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University
Department of Computer Engineering
Tinaztepe Campus Buca - IZMIR

Tel: +90 (232) 3017401

Office Hours

Thursday 9:30 - 10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 42 42
Preparing presentations 2 25 50
Reading 1 26 26
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1433542
LO.235353533
LO.35524445
LO.4455535535
LO.552235355554

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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