ELEC ENG 2100 - Digital Systems

This course develops engineering capabilities pertaining to the design of digital electronic systems. Designs for contemporary implementation technologies are expressed using circuit schematics and SystemVerilog, at levels of abstraction from CMOS transistor circuits up to processor microarchitecture. System architecture, microarchitecture and interfacing concepts are developed through an extended case study of a commercial microprocessor. The course operates as a flipped classroom with students attending weekly 2-hour workshops. Preparatory lectures, reading and exercise questions are completed before workshops. Workshop problems are more open-ended and typically require discussion in small groups, practical design, simulation and implementation using computers and reconfigurable logic circuits.