| Study programme competencies |
| Code | Study programme competences |
| A15 | Capacidade de coñecer, comprender e avaliar a estrutura e a arquitectura dos computadores, así como os compoñentes básicos que os conforman. |
| A31 | Capacidade de deseñar e construír sistemas dixitais, incluíndo computadores, sistemas baseados en microprocesador e sistemas de comunicacións. |
| A32 | Capacidade de desenvolver procesadores específicos e sistemas embarcados, así como desenvolver e optimizar o sóftware dos ditos sistemas. |
| B1 | Capacidade de resolución de problemas |
| B3 | Capacidade de análise e síntese |
| C1 | Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral coma escrita, nas linguas oficiais da comunidade autónoma. |
| C3 | Utilizar as ferramentas básicas das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións (TIC) necesarias para o exercicio da súa profesión e para a aprendizaxe ao longo da súa vida. |
| C7 | Asumir como profesional e cidadán a importancia da aprendizaxe ao longo da vida. |
| Learning aims | |||
| Subject competencies (Learning outcomes) | Study programme competences | ||
| A31 A32 |
B1 B3 |
C1 C3 |
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| A15 |
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| C7 |
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| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Fundamentals and Platforms for hardware/software codesign |
Definition of codesign Application-specific hardware and reconfigurable hardware |
| Data-flow and control-flow modelling | Data -flow modelling and implementation Analysis of Control Flow and Data Flow Transaction-level modelling |
| Analisys of the design space | Application-specific architectures Application-specific instruction-set processors Accelerators and coprocessors Systems on a chip (SoC) |
| Hardware/Software interfaces | Buses Interfaces |
| Planning | |||
| Methodologies / tests | Ordinary class hours | Student’s personal work hours | Total hours |
| Laboratory practice | 14 | 33.6 | 47.6 |
| Problem solving | 2 | 4.4 | 6.4 |
| Supervised projects | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| Objective test | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | 21 | 42 | 63 |
| Personalized attention | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| (*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||
| Methodologies |
| Methodologies | Description |
| Laboratory practice | Labs: A set of guided lab tasks will be assigned to the students. The aim is practicing the basic procedures of the subject and reflecting on them. The topic of the labs is linked to the guided projects. |
| Problem solving | Pen and paper exercises: Students must solve a set of exercises in an autonomous way. A selection of those problems will be discussed during the seminars. This selection must be agreed among the students. |
| Supervised projects | Guided projects: Students must work in small groups to complete hardware/software codesign projects. During the seminars, project coordination will be carried out, where the progress of each project will be assessed. However, most of the work must be done by the students in an autonomous way. |
| Objective test | Final test: A written test, lasting up to 3 hours, must be passed by the end of the course. |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | Lectures: They will be focused on the different topics of the subject. The progress of the lectures will define the scheduling of the labs and seminars. |
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| Assessment | ||
| Methodologies | Description | Qualification |
| Laboratory practice | Labs: Grading will take into account both attending the sessions and fulfilling the tasks. It must be remarked that the labs are fundamental for accomplishing the objectives of the guided projects. | 40 |
| Problem solving | Pen and pencil exercises: Participation in the sessions will be assessed. | 5 |
| Supervised projects | Guided projects: The quality of the obtained results will chiefly define the mark. However, participating in the discussions about the different projects will be also assessed. | 15 |
| Objective test | Test: At the end of the course, a written test will be evaluated the level of knowledge on the contents of the subject. | 40 |
| Assessment comments | ||
| Sources of information |
| Basic |
Patrick R. Schaumont (2010). A Practical Introduction to Hardware/Software Codesign. Springer
David C. Black e Jack Donovan (2004). SystemC: From the ground up . Kluwer Academic Publishers
Peter J. Ashenden e Jim Lewis (2008). The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Third Edition (Systems on Silicon). Morgan Kaufmann |
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| Complementary |
Jayaram Bhasker (1999). A VHDL Primer . Prentice Hall
Wayne Wolf (). Computers as Components, 2nd edition. Principles of Embedded Computing System Design. Morgan Kaufmann |
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| Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before | |
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