System-on-chip/embedded systems architecture

This course covers a wide range of topics, from the fundamentals of Boolean logic to the architecture of systems-on-chips (SoCs), including logic synthesis flows, processor architecture, and the basics of embedded software. VHDL, a hardware description language, also plays an important role in this course and will be studied in class and used in practical work, as well as in an "Embedded Systems" project.

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This course covers a wide range of topics ranging from fundamentals of Boolean logic to digital SoC (Systems-on-Chips) architecture, including digital design flows, computer architecture, and embedded software basics. VHDL will be studied in this lecture, for both logic synthesis and modeling/simulation purposes. Labs include hands-on VHDL exercises (design of a simple stack processor), and an "Embedded system" student project makes it possible to deepen knowledge in the area.

The objective of this course is to provide students with a solid foundation in digital systems, their hardware implementation, and software aspects.

The EU also includes a TP and an embedded systems project:

Practical work (10.5 hours)

Here, the idea would clearly be to familiarize yourself with two technologies:

            - Microcontrollers (STM32 or RISC-V) with a focus on performance and real-time capabilities

            - FPGAs via VHDL, because it's essential, and we can move on to a case study on acceleration (still CNN :-)

Project (10.5 hours)

The project could be a bit "à la carte" with more general formulas (microcontrollers and FPGAs) and topics more focused on computer architecture. In my opinion, it's flexible.

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This course aims to provide students with a solid background in digital systems and their hardware implementation, alongside software basics.

The lecture will cover the following topics:

Reading

1- Fundamentals of digital logic: combinatorial and sequential circuits

2- Basic constructs: Finite State Machines, shift registers, datapaths, memories, etc.

3- Hardware Description Language: VHDL for modeling, simulation, and logic synthesis

4- Computer architecture: from the Von Neumann machine to modern computer architectures

            - Microcontrollers

            - standard instruction set architectures (MIPS32, RISC-V)

            - computer organization: memories, buses, cache memories, instruction pipeline, interfaces

5-Advanced concepts: NUMA, cache coherence, shared/distributed memories, compute acceleration

6- Fundamentals of operating systems

The course also includes labs and part-time student projects:

Labs (10.5 hours)

Hands-on exercises with

            - VHDL basics, simulation

            - Logic synthesis (ASIC) 

            - FPGA prototyping (optional)

Projects (10.5 hours)

Project topics are decided upon at the start of the course. Possible topics include microcontrollers, compute accelerator implementation and exploitation for 32-bit processors, etc.

Fundamentals of analog electronics, Boolean logic.

Recommended prerequisites:

Knowledge of CMOS logic, C language.

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Fundamentals of electronics and Boolean logic.

Recommended prerequisites:

CMOS logic, C language.

The course will cover the following topics:

1- Fundamentals of logic: sequential and combinational circuits

2- Basic architectures: finite state machines, shift registers, data paths, memories, etc.

3- Hardware description language: VHDL for modeling, simulation, and logic synthesis

4- Computer architecture: from Von Neumann machines to modern processor architectures - Microcontrollers

            - study of standard instruction sets (MIPS32, RISC-V)

            - system architectures: memories, buses, cache memories, instruction pipelines, interfaces

5- Advanced computer architectures: NUMA, cache coherence, shared/distributed memory, computing accelerators

6- concepts of operating systems and parallelism

CM: 21

TP: 10.5 + 10.5 (Project)