Using rapid prototyping in computer architecture design laboratories

  • Authors:
  • James O. Hamblen;Henry Owen;Sudhakar Yalamanchili;Binh Dao

  • Affiliations:
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Venue:
  • WCAE-2 '96 Proceedings of the 1996 workshop on Computer architecture education
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

This paper describes the undergraduate computer architecture courses and laboratories introduced at Georgia Tech during the past two years. A core sequence of six required courses for computer engineering students has been developed. In this paper, emphasis is placed upon the new core laboratories which utilize commercial CAD tools, FPGAs, hardware emulators, and a VHDL based rapid prototyping approach to simulate, synthesize, and implement prototype computer hardware.