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Structured Hardware Design (50% option only)

Lecturer: Dr I.A. Pratt (iap10@cl.cam.ac.uk)

No. of lectures: 6

Prerequisite course: Digital Electronics

This course is a prerequisite for the Group Project (Part IB) and for VLSI Design (Part II).


Aims


The aims of this course are to introduce the principles and techniques used in the design of hardware systems. The course examines the hardware building blocks that are currently available, and discusses how designs may be partitioned to make best use of these components. It will be illustrated with case studies that show how a number of `real-life' hardware systems have been implemented.


Lectures

Objectives


At the end of the course students should

Recommended book


Floyd, T.L. (1997). Digital Fundamentals. Prentice-Hall.


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Christine Northeast
Mon Sep 20 10:28:43 BST 1999