practical application of the knowledge gained in the lecture experiences in design, operation and optimization of a combined HW/SW system

solution of a practical exercise from the area of HW-SW codesign (in groups) design, optimization and operation of a complete system comprising processor, custom-designed HW module (FPGA based), software (including drivers) Didactic concept: The desired functionality is specified through a given SW-only solution, which, however, has insufficient performance. The task is to identify the bottlenecks by means of suitable analyses and to systematically eliminate them. For this purpose it is necessary to move well selected functions to hardware, and develop and integrate respective hardware modules (a suitable programmable hardware target platform is provided along with a development environment). Possible optimization criteria are discussed in the associated lecture and are indicated beforehand. The task is assigned to small teams. In the end the individual results of the teams are compared and discussed.

The course introduction takes place on April 7, 2011, 12:00 c.t. in lecture room EI8.

practical; Presentation of the developed solution plus explanation of the rationale, questions about the design.

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