ECAD and Architecture Practical Classes

Assessment

Questions

• The TTC assembly examples use the sin flag to check if the input stream is ready. Why is this not actually necessary for the implementation used in the labs?
• The ring processor contains two FIFOs and a custom component instantiating a number of TTC cores. What interfaces connect the FIFOs to this component and how might this allow data to be directed to a specific TTC?

Ticking Criteria

• Correct answers to the above questions are provided in a written form.
• All exercises are completed according to the specified behaviour.
• A live demonstration of your solutions meeting the ticking criteria for each lablet.
• Your SystemVerilog and assembler code needs to be cleanly formatted and commented, with the following header:

Ticking Procedure

1. Give a live demonstration of your solutions meeting the ticking criteria for each lablet.
2. Show your work and answers to the questions (on screen or paper) to one of the demonstrators. They will award you with a tick if the work is up to standard.
3. Print out your final work (all code that you have written yourself or significantly edited) and add it to your portfolio to be submitted as instructed in the Head of Department Notice.