Title :
Teaching microprocessor design and testing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the motivation for and experience in developing a senior design course which focuses on the implementation aspects of computer architecture. This course is specifically designed for undergraduate computer engineering curricula. The course objective is to place a RISC CPU design in the context of currently available components and modern design methodologies. The course description and lab assignments that lead to the design of a RISC CPU as the final project are presented. The difficulties, the authors encountered and the laboratory experience are reported
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; laboratories; microcomputers; reduced instruction set computing; student experiments; RISC CPU design; components; computer architecture; course description; course objective; design methodologies; experience; final project; laboratory assignments; laboratory experience; motivation; senior microprocessor design course; undergraduate computer engineering curricula; Computer aided instruction; Computer science; Design engineering; Digital systems; Education; Job design; Laboratories; Microprocessors; Reduced instruction set computing; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4086-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1997.632621
