Teaching microprocessors design using FPGAs

Author

Olivares, Joaquin ; Palomares, Jose Manuel ; Soto, Jose Manuel ; Gamez, Juan Carlos

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Archit., Electron., & Electron. Technol., Univ. of Cordoba, Córdoba, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 April 2010

Firstpage

1189

Lastpage

1193

Abstract

Microprocessors is a typical subject within the Computer Architecture field of scope. It is quite common to use simulators in practical sessions, due to the complexity of its contents. In this paper a new methodology based on practical sessions with real devices and chips is proposed. Simple designs of microprocessors are exposed to the students at the beginning, rising the complexity gradually toward a final design with a multiprocessor integrated in a single FPGA chip. Finally, assessment results are shown.

Keywords

computer architecture; electronic engineering education; field programmable gate arrays; logic design; FPGA; computer architecture; microprocessors design teaching; practical sessions; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Design methodology; Education; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Laboratories; Microprocessors; Process design; Software libraries; Computer Architecture; Laboratory Experiences; Learning Experiences; Teaching Engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6568-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6570-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492390

Filename

5492390