SYS/CHIP DESC/MODEL
ENGRECE 298, Course Code: 16190
Quarter: Spring Quarter 2004

Course Description

EngrECE 298: System-on-Chip Description and Modeling (3)
Computational models for System-on-Chip (SoC). System-level specification and description languages and execution semantics. Concepts, requirements, examples. SoC modeling at different levels of abstraction (untimed, approximate time, cycle-accurate). Modeling of IP (IP wrappers), design constraints, test benches. Simulation semantics and algorithms. Co-simulation methodology.

Course Objectives and Outcomes

• Course Objective:

  For students to learn concepts in modeling of System-on-Chip (SoC) designs at different abstraction levels using system-level description languages (SLDL).

• Course Outcomes:

  • Students are able to model SoC designs at different levels of abstraction
  • Students are able to describe SoC design models in a SLDL
  • Students are able to simulate, test and debug SoC design models

Course Resources

• Text books:
  

  A. Gerstlauer, R. Doemer, J. Peng, D. Gajski: "System Design: A Practical Guide with SpecC", Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, June 2001. ISBN 0-7923-7387-1 ("Yellow book")
  Th. Groetker, St. Liao, G. Martin, St. Swan: "System Design with SystemC", Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, May 2002. ISBN 1-4020-7072-1 ("Black book")
  D. Gajski, J. Zhu, R. Doemer, A. Gerstlauer, S. Zhao: "SpecC: Specification Language and Methodology", Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, March 2000. ISBN 0-7923-7822-9 ("Green book")

• Course web site at
  http://eee.uci.edu/04s/16190/

Course Overview

Week	Topic	Lecture Notes	Reading
1	Introduction to SoC, System Abstraction Levels	Lecture 1	Yellow book, Chapter 1a Green book, Chapters 1, 2a
2	SoC Description and Methodology	Lecture 2, Talk A.G.	Yellow book, Chapter 2 Green book, Chapter 4
3	The SpecC System-level Description Language	Lecture 3	Yellow book, Chapter 1b Green book, Chapter 3
4	SoC Specification Capture and Modeling	Lecture 4	Yellow book, Chapter 2a Green book, Chapter 4a
5	Architecture and Communication Exploration, Modeling	Lecture 5	Yellow book, Chapters 2b, 2c Green book, Chapters 4b, 4c
6	Cycle-Accurate Implementation Modeling	Lecture 6	Yellow book, Chapter 2d Green book, Chapter 4d
7	SLDL Simulation and Execution Semantics	Lecture 7	SpecC LRM 2.0 Black book, Chapter 2.10
8	The SystemC Language and Models	Lecture 8 8b, 8c	Black book
9	UML and other SoC Description Languages	Lecture 9	n/a
10	Course review, wrap up	Lecture 10	n/a
Final	Final examination	n/a	n/a



• Note that contents are tentative and may change.

Course Policies

• Attendance Policy:

  Attendance is required.

• Assignments:

  Assignments are listed on the Assignments web page. They may be assigned on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.

• Exams:

  The course includes one final examination. Final examinations are administered during examination week at the time announced in the Schedule of Classes.